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Christoph Poschenrieder

A Child with No Name

Published by Diogenes as Kind ohne Namen

Original Title: Kind ohne Namen

A modern saga about the fear of the other, set in a small village.

After a year at university, Xenia returns to her home – a village in the middle of nowhere. She is pregnant, but does not want anyone to find out.

When a dozen foreigners are provided with temporary accommodation in the school, there is uproar in the village. In order to restore peace, Xenia’s mother gets involved in an ominous deal with the secret ruler of the region, unknowingly endangering the life of her unborn grandchild.

Contemporary Literature
288 pages
2017

978-3-257-07000-2

Christoph

Poschenrieder

Christoph Poschenrieder, born in Boston in 1964, studied philosophy in Munich and journalism in New York. Since 1993 he has been a freelance journalist and documentary film maker, though today his focus is literary writing. His debut, the critically acclaimed The World in the Head, was an international hit, while A Grain of Sand was nominated for the ›German Book Prize‹ in 2014. He lives in Munich.

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»Poschenrieder deals masterfully with a highly topical subject by treating it at the local level. [...] Fairy-tale elements in the novel reinforce its archetypal note, while also tying the book in with a broader literary tradition.«

Manfred Papst
NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich

»This book is a coming-of-age novel, a love story and a political statement in one. [...] In conclusion: a page turner with depth.«

Barbara Schulz
www.spiegel.de

»It is a mixture of love story and coming-of-age story about a young woman who is battling to find her way in life.«

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