25 Kilos of Butter - Couverture rigide

Piper, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 184624675X ISBN 13 : 9781846246753

Editeur : Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Zimmermanns and Schulzes are two ordinary Berlin families. Maximillian Zimmermann runs a prosperous battery business, while Manfred Schulz is a highly respected languages teacher in the local grammar school. Both men have happy home lives - they have adoring, resourceful wives and intelligent, lively children. But the Zimmermanns and Schulzes live in extraordinary times. With the approach of the 1936 Olympic Games, the new government led by Adolf Hitler is determined to turn Germany into a powerful, militaristic state in which every citizen must play their part. In this increasingly terrifying environment, the Zimmermanns and Schulzes - instinctive opponents of the regime - struggle to maintain their happiness, dignity and integrity but find themselves inexorably drawn into the maelstrom of violence, persecution and war. It is the two youngest children of each family, Kurt and Clotilde, whose resourcefulness and innocence become beacons of hope as the inevitable cataclysm overtakes them. In this moving, richly detailed portrait of two families during a time of upheaval and war, author John Piper provides a powerful study of both the compromises and sacrifices of ordinary people living in times of stress and duress.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr John Piper MB, BS, FRCS read Medicine at the University of London. Following postgraduate study in Surgery at the Royal Free Hospital, he worked as a consultant surgeon in England then worked in hospitals in Iran, Zimbabwe and South Africa. In 1985 he created a department of surgery in the new Manapo Hospital in the Black South African Homeland of Qwaqwa on the Lesotho border. He has published two previous novels with Book Guild Publishing: Motherkillers (2007) and The St Petersburg Declaration (2010).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Guild Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184624675X
• ISBN 13: 9781846246753
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible