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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Hannah and Emil
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'Emil and Hannah live their lives amid the turmoil of 20th-century history. Emil, a German veteran of the Great War, has returned home to a disturbed nation. As inflation and unemployment edge the country near collapse, Emil's involvement with the resistance ultimately forces him from his family and his home. Hannah, soaked in the many languages of her upbringing as a Russian Jew in the West End of London and intent on experiencing the world, leaves home for Europe, travelling into a continent headed again towards total war. In Brussels, she meets the devastated Emil, who has just crossed the border on foot from Nazi Germany, leaving tragedy in his wake. All too briefly, they make a life in England before war strikes, and Emil, an enemy alien, is interned and then sent away. Hannah, determined to find him, prepares herself for a lonely and dangerous journey across the seas' (Publisher website).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Courtesy of Allen and Unwin
      Extent: 410p.
      ISBN: 9781741755169
Alternative title: Hannah y Emil
Language: Spanish
    • Madrid,
      c
      Spain,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Suma de Letras ,
      2013 .
      image of person or book cover 5991702913090170018.jpg
      This image has been sourced from Goodreads.
      Extent: 493p.p.
      ISBN: 9788483654866
    • Madrid,
      c
      Spain,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Penguin Random House ,
      2018 .
      image of person or book cover 7610651640151115281.jpg
      This image has been sourced from Goodreads.
      Extent: 493p.p.
      ISBN: 9788466383172

Other Formats

  • Also braille.
  • Also large print.

Works about this Work

The Archeology of Memory Felicity Plunkett , 2013- single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , February 2013;

— Review of Hannah and Emil Belinda Castles , 2012 single work novel
The Dunera Boys in History and Memory Ken Inglis , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal , November vol. 21 no. 3 2013; (p. 287-305)
[Untitled] Melanie Pryor , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 5 no. 2 2013;

— Review of Hannah and Emil Belinda Castles , 2012 single work novel
Belinda Castles : Hannah and Emil Linda Funnell , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , September 2012;

— Review of Hannah and Emil Belinda Castles , 2012 single work novel
Pack up Your Troubles Peter Pierce , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 20 October 2012; (p. 27) The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 October 2012; (p. 32)

— Review of Hannah and Emil Belinda Castles , 2012 single work novel
Rich Evocation of a Time of Fear and Courageous Love Lucy Clark , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 August 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of Hannah and Emil Belinda Castles , 2012 single work novel
Untitled Jane Fynes-Clinton , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1-2 September 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of Hannah and Emil Belinda Castles , 2012 single work novel
Take Three : Fiction Ian McFarlane , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 23 September 2012; (p. 26)

— Review of Hannah and Emil Belinda Castles , 2012 single work novel
Pack up Your Troubles Peter Pierce , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 20 October 2012; (p. 27) The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 October 2012; (p. 32)

— Review of Hannah and Emil Belinda Castles , 2012 single work novel
Belinda Castles : Hannah and Emil Linda Funnell , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , September 2012;

— Review of Hannah and Emil Belinda Castles , 2012 single work novel
The Dunera Boys in History and Memory Ken Inglis , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal , November vol. 21 no. 3 2013; (p. 287-305)
Last amended 30 Aug 2021 13:05:15
Subjects:
  • c
    Germany,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    England,
    c
    c
    United Kingdom (UK),
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
Settings:
  • 1918-1945
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