Astrid Goldsmith: The Crystal Vase, Gebunden
The Crystal Vase
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- Verlag:
- Random House UK Ltd, 01/2026
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781787334311
- Artikelnummer:
- 12580528
- Umfang:
- 208 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 500 g
- Maße:
- 246 x 173 mm
- Stärke:
- 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 15.1.2026
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
' Brilliant, witty and endlessly inventive' Joe Dunthorne, author of Submarine
A road-trip across Europe and back in time: the debut graphic memoir from the prize-winning author of A Funeral In Freiburg.
When her imperious, chain-smoking German Jewish grandmother dies, it falls to Astrid and her father to drive a hire van to the Black Forest and collect the family heirlooms from Gisela's nicotine-stained apartment.
In Freiburg, they are faced with several lifetimes' worth of belongings to sort through - infested Persian rugs, mysterious photographs, a toy monkey that started a marriage - and a grasping landlord, impatient to renovate.
As the list of demands from uncles, sisters and cousins grows longer, the rabbit-holes of history and memory grow deeper. Long-buried secrets and tales of survival are revealed - from Nazi Germany to colonial Africa - and old feuds are reignited, as father and daughter struggle with the responsibility of preserving the family legacy. More importantly, will they be able to fit everything into a medium wheel-base transit van?
Funny, bittersweet and beautifully drawn, The Crystal Vase is an odyssey of family arguments, identity crises, and late discoveries.