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Una novela cruda, drámatica, sincera, que desgarra los oropeles del "milagro alemán", para mostrarnos el "pecado alemán" que aquél ocultaba en ocasiones.
Un hombre que soporta el peso agobiante de un crimen; una mujer que intenta escapar de un presente que le resulta odioso; un amor que salta sobre las barreras de lo establecido.
Un libro leído y discutido en toda Europa, cuya adaptación cinematográfica, no vista en España, hizo famosa a Nadja Tiller.
Un hombre que soporta el peso agobiante de un crimen; una mujer que intenta escapar de un presente que le resulta odioso; un amor que salta sobre las barreras de lo establecido.
Un libro leído y discutido en toda Europa, cuya adaptación cinematográfica, no vista en España, hizo famosa a Nadja Tiller.
333 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1958
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About the author
Johannes Mario Simmel
133 books87 followersJohannes Mario Simmel was an Austrian writer.
He was born in Vienna and grew up in Austria and England. He was trained as a chemical engineer and worked in research from 1943 to the end of World War II. After the end of the war, he worked as a translator for the American military government and published reviews and stories in the Vienna Welt am Abend. Starting in 1950, he worked as a reporter for the Munich illustrated Quick in Europe and America.
He wrote a number of screenplays and novels, which have sold tens of millions of copies. Many of his novels were successfully filmed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won numerous prizes, including the Award of Excellence of the Society of Writers of the UN. Important issues in his novels are a fervent pacifism as well as the relativity of good and bad. Several novels are said to have a true background, possibly autobiographic.
According to his Swiss lawyer, Simmel died on January 1, 2009 in Lucerne, at 84 years of age.
He was born in Vienna and grew up in Austria and England. He was trained as a chemical engineer and worked in research from 1943 to the end of World War II. After the end of the war, he worked as a translator for the American military government and published reviews and stories in the Vienna Welt am Abend. Starting in 1950, he worked as a reporter for the Munich illustrated Quick in Europe and America.
He wrote a number of screenplays and novels, which have sold tens of millions of copies. Many of his novels were successfully filmed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won numerous prizes, including the Award of Excellence of the Society of Writers of the UN. Important issues in his novels are a fervent pacifism as well as the relativity of good and bad. Several novels are said to have a true background, possibly autobiographic.
According to his Swiss lawyer, Simmel died on January 1, 2009 in Lucerne, at 84 years of age.
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November 25, 2019
Die Geschichte war spannend, teilweise bitterböse und echt überraschend! Manchmal war es mir durch die Liebesgeschichte etwas zu kitschig, die hätte der Autor auch einfach weglassen können...
June 9, 2012
Brilliantly written, a kind of a book that you can't put down.
July 1, 2023
A very good thing all round. The author hid the theme of "crime and punishment" in a classic middle grade novel and did it in a good way.
June 23, 2025
esse livro é tão alemão... é claro que não ia ter final feliz!!
November 12, 2021
Toch wel vreemd als je een boek na bijna 50 jaar herleest.
Ik besef dat mijn herinneringen aan een eerste lezing niet helemaal meer accuraat zijn.
Ik hou van de werken van Simmel. Hij schrijft boeken die je volgens mij kan bestempelen als 'Roman Noir'. Telkens met een twist en een verrassend einde. Hij publiceert zijn werken meestal in de jaren '50 van de vorige eeuw, een periode waarin Duitsland nog WOII moet verteren
Blijkbaar is dit boek niet in het Nederlands vertaald en zal je het dus het origineel of een van de veelvuldige andere vertalingen moeten lezen
Alleszins de moeite zeker waard!
Ik besef dat mijn herinneringen aan een eerste lezing niet helemaal meer accuraat zijn.
Ik hou van de werken van Simmel. Hij schrijft boeken die je volgens mij kan bestempelen als 'Roman Noir'. Telkens met een twist en een verrassend einde. Hij publiceert zijn werken meestal in de jaren '50 van de vorige eeuw, een periode waarin Duitsland nog WOII moet verteren
Blijkbaar is dit boek niet in het Nederlands vertaald en zal je het dus het origineel of een van de veelvuldige andere vertalingen moeten lezen
Alleszins de moeite zeker waard!
January 24, 2015
One of the best books I've read. I'm planning of reading it again. It was briliantly writtend, though it's been more than 10 years, I still remember it & I'm still impressed...
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