- Deutscher Buchpreis 2012 · Winner
Landgericht
“Regional Court” (title translated by AI)
Ursula Krechel (born 1947)
English editions
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In 1947, the judge Richard Kornitzer dares to return to Germany from exile. The Nazi years, with their absurd and deadly rules, have torn his life apart. Nothing is as it was: his small family is scattered between Lake Constance, Mainz and England, and his homeland feels almost more foreign than his exile in Havana, bathed in magic light. Filled with faith in law and justice, he fights to restore his dignity in the narrowness of post-war Germany, in a time that swings between depression and new beginnings. Combining documents and fiction, the story portrays the founding years of the Federal Republic.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 494 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Family, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Germany, Cuba, 1940s–1950s
- First published
- 2012 by Jung und Jung Verlag
- Author's age
- 65 when first published
- ISBN
9783990270240 (original)
- More
- Wikidata