Worlds Apart
- Reviewed by New Books in German (Autumn 2021)
- English sample translation available here
- More than one million copies sold of Die Mittagsfrau
- “A powerful and moving book.” — Daily Telegraph on Back to Back
Born in East Berlin, Julia is eight when her mother takes her and her sisters to the West, first to the Marienfelde refugee camp and then to rural Schleswig-Holstein. Life in their chaotic farmhouse becomes impossible for her and she moves out to West Berlin, aged thirteen. Living on benefits and cleaning jobs, she finds her father and loses him shortly afterwards, finishes school and meets Stephan, the first love of her life.
"The art of Julia Franck in "Worlds Apart" is the first-person narrator's tone, which is completely free of self-pity and bitterness." — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"This book (in which the characters have the same names as in real life) has made truth its duty and beauty its highlight [...]." — Die Zeit
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- Publisher: S. FISCHER
- Release: 13.10.2021
- 368 pages
- Format: Hard Cover
