About the book
Poet Rosmarie Waldrop’s classic novel about the horrors and banalities of German life between the World Wars.
“Josef and Frederika Seifert made a bad marriage—he so metaphysical, she, furious frustrated singer, furious frustrated femme fatale, unfaithful within two months of the wedding day. The setting is small town Germany between the wars; the Seiferts are just those ‘ordinary people’ who helped Hitler rise, bequeathing their daughter, who tells their story, a legacy of grief and guilt. Rosmarie Waldrop’s haunting novel, superbly intelligent, evocative and strange, reverberates in the memory for a long time, a song for the dead, a judgment.” (Angela Carter)
Editions of The Hanky of Pippin's Daughter
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781948980012
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Poet Rosmarie Waldrop’s classic novel about the horrors and banalities of German life between the World Wars.
“Josef and Frederika Seifert made a bad marriage—he so metaphysical, she, furious frustrated singer, furious frustrated femme fatale, unfaithful within two months of the wedding day. The setting is small town Germany between the wars; the Seiferts are just those ‘ordinary people’ who helped Hitler rise, bequeathing their daughter, who tells their story, a legacy of grief and guilt. Rosmarie Waldrop’s haunting novel, superbly intelligent, evocative and strange, reverberates in the memory for a long time, a song for the dead, a judgment.” (Angela Carter)
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What is The Hanky of Pippin's Daughter about?
Poet Rosmarie Waldrop’s classic novel about the horrors and banalities of German life between the World Wars.
“Josef and Frederika Seifert made a bad marriage—he so metaphysical, she, furious frustrated singer, furious frustrated femme fatale, unfaithful within two months of the wedding day. The setting is small town Germany between the wars; the Seiferts are just those ‘ordinary people’ who helped Hitler rise, bequeathing their daughter, who tells their story, a legacy of grief and guilt. Rosmarie Waldrop’s haunting novel, superbly intelligent, evocative and strange, reverberates in the memory for a long time, a song for the dead, a judgment.” (Angela Carter)
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Hanky of Pippin's Daughter?
Fiction > Historical fiction
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Hanky of Pippin's Daughter?
Rosmarie Waldrop
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The Hanky of Pippin's Daughter is available as paperback(ISBN 9781948980012)
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