· An Exclusive Love: A Memoir by Johanna Adorján tells the story of her grandparents, Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust, escaped Budapest during the uprising against the Communist regime, and died together in a joint suicide in Copenhagen in Her grandfather was 82 and dying, while her grandmother was 71 and in perfect health, but they could not live without each . 6 rows · · Chain-smoking, peculiarly stylish, stubborn, and eccentric—Vera and István were anything but Brand: Norton, W. W. Company, Inc. Compre online An Exclusive Love: A Memoir, de Adorján, Johanna, Bell, Anthea na Amazon. Frete GRÁTIS em milhares de produtos com o Amazon Prime. Encontre diversos livros escritos por Adorján, Johanna, Bell, Anthea com ótimos preçbltadwin.rus: 7.
Johanna Adorján: 'An Exclusive Love' In her debut book, Johanna Adorján explores the life of her Hungarian grandparents, compiling the fragments of their double suicide into a touching family story. Chain-smoking, peculiarly stylish, stubborn, and eccentric—Vera and István were anything but ordinary grandparents. Sixteen years after their death, Johanna Adorján fills the gaps in their story. An Exclusive Love is a brilliantly constructed memoir and a gorgeous romance, a tale of two people who died as they lived: inseparable. "Wonderful, extraordinary" -- Judith Kerr "I was very much moved by An Exclusive Love - such clarity of thought and feeling. What I think of Anthea Bell as a translator is little short of reverence, after what she did for W. G. Sebald: one trusts her absolutely, so I know for sure that Johanna Adorjan writes with beautiful precision and suppleness.
An Exclusive Love: A Memoir by Johanna Adorján tells the story of her grandparents, Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust, escaped Budapest during the uprising against the Communist regime, and died together in a joint suicide in Copenhagen in Her grandfather was 82 and dying, while her grandmother was 71 and in perfect health, but they could not live without each other so when it became clear his time was almost over they swallowed sleeping pills and fell asleep in bed. 'A powerful and affecting memoir––reminiscent of Sebald.' —Phlipp Meyer, author of American Rust Chain-smoking, An Exclusive Love: A Memoir by Johanna. from a review by David Michael in Book, an online review of the New Republic 6/22/ This slim but powerful memoir by Johanna Adorjan (b. ) is an investigation and meditation on the double suicide of her paternal grandparents, Veronika and Istvan Adorjan, Jewish Hungarian refugees who lived in post-war Denmark.
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