{"product_id":"the-broken-house-growing-up-under-hitler-the-lost-masterpiece-paperback","title":"The Broken House: Growing Up Under Hitler - The Lost Masterpiece - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHorst Krüger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisitely written... haunting... Few books, I think, capture so well the sense of a life broken for ever by trauma and guilt' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An unsparing, honest and insightful memoir, that shows how private failure becomes national disaster' Hilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty years after the end of the war, Horst Krüger attempted to make sense of his childhood. He had grown up in a quiet Berlin suburb. Here, people lived ordinary lives, believed in God, obeyed the law, and were gradually seduced by the promises of Nazism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe had been 'the typical child of innocuous Germans who were never Nazis, and without whom the Nazis would never have been able to do their work'. With tragic inevitability, this world of respectability, order and duty began to crumble. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in accomplished prose of lingering beauty, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken House\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving coming-of-age story that provides a searing portrait of life under the Nazis.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorst Krüger (1919-99) was a German journalist, novelist and travel writer. Published in 1966, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken House\u003c\/i\u003e was critically acclaimed as an exemplary portrait of youth in Nazi Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShaun Whiteside \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning translator from French, German, Italian and Dutch. His most recent translations from German include \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e by Harald Jähner, \u003ci\u003eTo Die in Spring\u003c\/i\u003e by Ralf Rothmann, \u003ci\u003eSwansong 1945\u003c\/i\u003e by Walter Kempowski, \u003ci\u003eBerlin Finale\u003c\/i\u003e by Heinz Rein and \u003ci\u003eThe Broken House\u003c\/i\u003e by Horst Krüger.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.4 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51856120938784,"sku":"9781529113198","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/OB4N31Nzqb9781529113198.webp?v=1781547222","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-broken-house-growing-up-under-hitler-the-lost-masterpiece-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}