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A beautiful picture-book adaptation of Thomas Harding's Costa-shortlisted biography for adults, exquisitely illustrated by Britta Teckentrup. On the outskirts of Berlin, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the course of a century, this little house played host to a loving Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, wartime refugees and a Stasi informant; in that time, a world war came and went, and the Berlin Wall was built a stone's throw from the cottage's back door. Thomas Harding first shared this remarkable story in his Costa-shortlisted biography The House by the Lake ‿ now he has rendered it into a deeply moving picture-book for young readers. With words that read like a haunting fairy-tale, and magnificent artwork by Britta Teckentrup, this is the astonishing true story of the house by the lake. PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE: A Radio 4 Book of the WeekNamed a Best Book of the Year by: The Times >> New Statesman >> Daily Express >> Commonweal magazineShortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2015Longlisted for the Orwell Prize 2016Over 50 five-star reviews on Amazon"A passionate memoir." ‿ Neil MacGregor"A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families. A remarkable book." ‿ Tom Holland"A book that will stay with me for a very long time." ‿ Rachel Joyce"A superb work of social history." ‿ The Sunday Times "Diamond brilliant ... an extraordinary book." ‿ Sunday Express"A deft history of a cabin containing many secrets." ‿ Independent"A fascinating window on a tumultuous period" ‿ Financial Times"Original, personal, moving and uplifting" ‿ Literary Review"This is a history that is often poignant, sometimes heartening, and never other than intimate." ‿ Spectator"An extraordinary book‿. Harding has extracted the past from the dust that collects between floorboards and from layers of peeling wallpaper.� ‿ Washington PostSEE ALSO THOMAS HARDING'S NEW BIOGRAPHY, LEGACY:"I was riveted: this is a fascinating social history." ‿ Nigella Lawson"Written with love and imagination ... a masterclass in historical empathy." ‿ TLS"Nobody quite stirs the soup of historical detail like Harding." ‿ Express
Autor: Harding, Thomas
ISBN: 9781406385557
Sprache: Englisch
Produktart: Gebunden
Verlag: Walker Books Ltd
Veröffentlicht: 03.09.2020

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