'Beautiful and heartbreaking ... I absolutely loved it' MONICA ALI 'A poignant, captivating, beautifully woven family saga. As honest as Elena Ferrante, with the folkloric intensity of T�a Obreht' CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE 'The final moving paragraph strikes the reader like a knife to the heart' OBSERVER Maria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle ...
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'Beautiful and heartbreaking ... I absolutely loved it' MONICA ALI 'A poignant, captivating, beautifully woven family saga. As honest as Elena Ferrante, with the folkloric intensity of T�a Obreht' CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE 'The final moving paragraph strikes the reader like a knife to the heart' OBSERVER Maria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria as little more than a beautiful temptress out for the men left behind. But when a red-haired stranger arrives in the village, Maria feels happiness seep back into her life and she faces a choice whose consequences will affect the lives of her family for generations to come. Based on the internationally bestselling and award-winning Austrian novelist Monika Helfer's own family history, Last House Before the Mountain is a propulsive, haunting, multi-layered saga about love, family, and the hidden wages of war. Maria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria as little more than a beautiful temptress out to seduce the men left behind. But when a red-haired stranger arrives in the village, Maria feels happiness seep back into her life and she faces a choice, with consequences that will affect the lives of her family for generations to come. Based on the award-winning Austrian novelist's own family history, this is a propulsive, haunting story about love, family and the hidden wages of war. 'A masterclass in literary compression. Helfer brings a whole world of wonder, loss and deep, deep longing to indelible life' LAIRD HUNT
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