The Day My Grandfather Was a Hero by Paulus Hochgatterer PAPERBACK 9780857059499

The Day My Grandfather Was a Hero by Paulus Hochgatterer PAPERBACK 9780857059499

Quercus Publishing

\""This is a beautiful book, a masterpiece of brevity and depth\"" New European\n\""This tense novella builds to a final reckoning\"" The Times\nIn October 1944, a thirteen-year-old girl arrives in a tiny farming community in Lower Austria, at some distance from the main theatre of war. She remembers very little about how she got there, it seems she has suffered trauma from bombardment. One night a few months later, a young, emaciated Russian appears, a deserter from forced labour in the east. He has nothing with him but a canvas roll, which he guards like a hawk. Their burgeoning friendship is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of a group of Wehrmacht soldiers in retreat, who commandeer the farm.\nPaulus Hochgatterer's intensely atmospheric, resonant novel is like a painting in itself, a beautiful\n\nThe Day My Grandfather Was a Hero\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the pri;

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