Beschreibung
The biography of Countess Sternberg, depicting with extraordinary storytelling talent and a great deal of sensitivity, gentle humor, and ironic detachment the story of her family, full of events and twists. Pre-war life of the aristocratic elite, Nazi confiscation of property, a brief return to the family estates, emigration to the USA, existential uncertainty, the necessity to secure the family, settling in Jamaica... The author's exceptional talent allowed her to create a remarkable, immediate psychological probe into the life of one social class, revealing both the face and the underside of its way of existence.
Information
Author: Sternbergová Cecilia
Publication date: 16. Februar 2023
Manufacturer: Nakladatelství Paseka s. r. o.
Genres: Books, Fiction, Biographies and autobiographies
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 637
ISBN/EAN: 9788076373815