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Cast a Shadow
Joseph is lonely and struggling with his lot in life, not least because his wife Lis, unable to bear day-to-day life on the farm, has fled to the city with their son. This is far from a daily occurrence in the 1960s in the countryside. Luckily, Ada, Lis’ older sister, is still there — with whom Joseph perhaps always felt more connected. And then 19-year-old Birdie suddenly appears on his doorstep, weak, and fleeing her own predetermined path. Lis, Ada and Birdie — they will turn not only their own lives upside down, but Joseph’s too.
304 pages
2026
978-3-257-07390-4
»And it flawlessly interweaves past, present, and future.«
»There are a thousand ways to tell a story. Elena Fischer chooses the dark, challenging, magical one.«
»Cast a Shadow has a different tone, a different mood, a different topic, and it goes beyond expectations.«
»That’s how history evolves. And Elena Fischer tells about it in a magnificent way«