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Mother of Pearl / Die Perlmutterfarbe
A Children's Novel for Almost Everyone
A pot of self-mixed paint, mother-of-pearl, disappears from the school bag of »Mole«, one of the most popular pupils in the class. First suspicions are voiced, mistrust of the parallel class grows, the hunt for a scapegoat begins.
It is impossible to imagine 20th century literature without this novel about two German school classes in the early 1930s, about betrayal and friendship, greed for power and solidarity.
It is impossible to imagine 20th century literature without this novel about two German school classes in the early 1930s, about betrayal and friendship, greed for power and solidarity.
A pot of self-mixed paint, mother-of-pearl, disappears from the school bag of »Mole«, one of the most popular pupils in the class. First suspicions are voiced, mistrust of the parallel class grows, the hunt for a scapegoat begins.
It is impossible to imagine 20th century literature without this novel about two German school classes in the early 1930s, about betrayal and friendship, greed for power and solidarity.
It is impossible to imagine 20th century literature without this novel about two German school classes in the early 1930s, about betrayal and friendship, greed for power and solidarity.
1948, 280 pages
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Anna Maria Jokl
Author
Anna Maria Jokl, born in Vienna in 1911, lived in Jerusalem from 1965 until her death in 2001. She wrote Die Perlmutterfarbe in the 1930s, while in exile in Prague. For her oeuvre, she was awarded the Hans-Erich-Nossack-Preis in 1995.
Anna Maria Jokl
Author
Anna Maria Jokl, born in Vienna in 1911, lived in Jerusalem from 1965 until her death in 2001. She wrote Die Perlmutterfarbe in the 1930s,...
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