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Adam's Legacy

Published by Diogenes as Adams Erbe
Original Title: Adams Erbe
Berlin, 2004. Edward Cohen, the owner of a hip fashion boutique, has heard again and again since he was a child how much he resembles his great-uncle Adam, who he never met. At the moment when Edward's life in Berlin breaks into a thousand pieces, Adam's legacy falls into his hands: a stack of papers, addressed to a certain Anna Guzlowski. Berlin, 1938. Adam Cohen is a dreamer. But he is a Jewish boy in 1930s Germany, and this is no time for dreaming. When eighteen-year-old Adam meets Anna, he suddenly realises what all his dreams were about. But while the Cohen family are planning their escape to England, Anna disappears without a trace on the night of the 9th November 1938. How can Adam possibly find her? With intrepid humour, Astrid Rosenfeld tells a moving story about fate and great emotions, and about how the past permeates the present.

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»This wonderfully energetic and funny debut is a powerful and compelling story, establishing Astrid Rosenfeld as an exciting and original new talent.«
New Books in German, London
»Astrid Rosenfeld weaves two lives into a gripping novel, in which the past permeates the present.«
Ditta Rudle / Buchkultur, Vienna
»›Adam's Legacy‹ is a book written with great empathy, a narrative tragicomedy, whose sometimes black humour is reminiscent of the plays of George Tabori.«
Peter Mohr / Augsburger Allgemeine
»An exciting and rewarding read.«
Berner Zeitung
»This is a goosebumps book. More from this author, please.«
Sächsische Zeitung, Dresden
»With astonishing literary power and refreshingly direct language, Astrid Rosenfeld takes the reader with her on a journey through German history.«
WAZ, Essen
»After years in the film industry, 33-year-old Astrid Rosenfeld has tried her hand at a novel, and shows great talent as a storyteller.«
SonntagsZeitung, Zürich
»A touching story, wonderfully told.«
Annabelle, Zurich
»Fast-paced, with fascinating characters and surprising twists.«
vital, Hamburg
»Humorous and touching, this sensitive story told in sensitive language, can also be read as a historical testament.«
Kurier, Vienna
»You laugh as you cry, and are amazed how light gravity can sometimes feel.«
Beatrice Eichmann-Leutenegger / Neue Zürcher Zeitung
»This wonderfully energetic and funny debut is a powerful and compelling story, establishing Astrid Rosenfeld as an exciting and original new talent.«
New Books in German, London
»Astrid Rosenfeld weaves two lives into a gripping novel, in which the past permeates the present.«
Ditta Rudle / Buchkultur, Vienna
»›Adam's Legacy‹ is a book written with great empathy, a narrative tragicomedy, whose sometimes black humour is reminiscent of the plays of George Tabori.«
Peter Mohr / Augsburger Allgemeine
»An exciting and rewarding read.«
Berner Zeitung
»This is a goosebumps book. More from this author, please.«
Sächsische Zeitung, Dresden
»With astonishing literary power and refreshingly direct language, Astrid Rosenfeld takes the reader with her on a journey through German history.«
WAZ, Essen
»After years in the film industry, 33-year-old Astrid Rosenfeld has tried her hand at a novel, and shows great talent as a storyteller.«
SonntagsZeitung, Zürich
»A touching story, wonderfully told.«
Annabelle, Zurich
»Fast-paced, with fascinating characters and surprising twists.«
vital, Hamburg
»Humorous and touching, this sensitive story told in sensitive language, can also be read as a historical testament.«
Kurier, Vienna
»You laugh as you cry, and are amazed how light gravity can sometimes feel.«
Beatrice Eichmann-Leutenegger / Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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