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Martha and Her Kin

Published by Diogenes as Martha und die Ihren

Original Title: Martha und die Ihren

Martha was a formidable woman who rose from a poor background to achieve modest prosperity. But she could never forget the memories of her deprived childhood as a child labourer with a farming family in the Bernese hinterlands: Show no weakness. Work relentlessly. Be tough on yourself and others. These beliefs also influenced her sons, who were determined to succeed in the post-war period, and her grandchildren, who rebel and, for the first time, dare to dream of a different, freer life.

The most personal novel by the Swiss bestselling author.

304 pages
2024

978-3-257-07273-0

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Alexander Sury
Der Bund, Berne

»In Martha and Her Kin, the biographies of ordinary people merge into an extraordinary narration about Swiss society – a narration from its core.«

Hansruedi Kugler
Basler Zeitung, Basel

»Lukas Hartmann's autobiographical novel Martha and her Kin is a precise and moving piece of history of Swiss mentality in the 20th century.«

Dorothee Meyer-Kahrweg
hr2 Kultur, Frankfurt

»It is a novel in which there’s a lot to learn about Switzerland and its development in the 20th century.«

Jutta Duhm-Heizmann
WDR3, Cologne

»The touching report about a woman who knew nothing in her life but work – for her the only way into safety, into freedom.«

Renata Schmid
Kulturtipp, Zürich

»Straight and simple, Hartmann tells his own family history and shows once more what an empathetic observer he is.«

Gabriele Weingartner
Die Rheinpfalz, Ludwigshafen

»It is in fact puzzling how such an everyday story develops such a pull. Maybe it’s because while reading, you are happy that times have changed.«

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