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Der Rote Diamant
“The Red Diamond” (title translated by AI)
Thomas Hürlimann (born 1950)
English editions
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Fit in and you will survive, eleven-year-old Arthur Goldau is told when his mother delivers him to a monastery boarding school high in the Swiss mountains in the autumn of 1963. There he becomes pupil number 230 and learns what generations learned before him, under the strict rule of the monks; the former Austrian empress Zita visits now and then. But the huge building, where time seems not to pass but to circle forever, holds a secret: an immensely valuable diamond from the Habsburg crown is said to have been hidden there since the fall of the Austrian monarchy. Arthur and his friends follow a trail deep into the catacombs, while the old world collapses around them.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 316 pages in the original
- Genres
- Coming of age, Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Switzerland, 1960s
- First published
- 2022 by S. Fischer Verlag
- Author's age
- 72 when first published
- ISBN
9783103970715 (original)