This novel reconstructs an actual murder case which took place in Spain in 1933, when Aurora Rodriguez felt compelled to kill her daughter. The child was reared to be a trail-blazer for her time, breaking all the conventions which her mother hated, but when she reached 18, her mother, "after careful consideration" shot her. Erich Hackl was winner of the 1987 Aspekte Literatur Preis in Germany with this novel.

Auroras Motive

Hackl, Erich

Cape, Jonathan

A fictionalized recreation of the tragedy of Aurora Rodriguez who--having raised her daughter to carry on her own socialist ideals and seeing her torn between politics and passion--ended the young woman's life

Aurora's Motive

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

KNOPF

AURORA'S MOTIVE

Vintage

Sidonia, an abandoned gypsy child, is raised by socialist foster parents in a small town in Austria during the 1930s, until the Nazi regime takes control, and the power of the government and the prejudice of her neighbors are brought to bear against her and her family

Farewell Sidonia

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Fromm Intl

“Powerful inquiries spurred by photos―history made flesh, the untold lives of the mostly forgotten.” ―Kirkus Reviews “A missionary voice of human dignity.” ―World Literature Today Erich Hackl, 2017 recipient of the internationally-recognized Human Rights Award of Upper Austria and winner of multiple literature prizes, brings three little-known and inspiring biographies to light: Gisela Tschofenig’s hidden life in the Austrian resistance; a fragmented interview with Wilhelm Brasse, who photographed Auschwitz inmates and saved evidence of Mengele’s horrific crimes; and the multi-generational story of the Klagsbrunns, who fled Nazism in Vienna only to find another kind of terror in fascist Brazil.

Three Tearless Histories: The Photographer of Auschwitz and Other Stories

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

DoppelHouse Press

The two stories contained in this edition -- 'Love at First Sight: A Recollection' and 'History of a Promise' -- reveal Erich Hackl's unique and luminous perspective on the relationship between historical reality and literary representation. Drawing on historical documents and authentic individuals, Hackl portrays the inspiring lives of those who have suffered the terror and injustice of twentieth-century fascism. Recovering from a wound sustained as a result of his involvement with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, the Austrian Karl Sequens falls in love with Herminia Roudière Perpiñá, a strong and scrupulous Spanish woman who cared for him in the hospital. The story of their brief but enduring love both for each other and for social justice is narrated through the memory of their daughter Rosa María in 'Love at First Sight: A Recollection'. In his touching portrait of the fate of these non-fictional individuals, Erich Hackl illuminates an alternate perspective on Austria's position in the frenzied social and political configurations that mark Europe from the 1920s to the 1990s. In "History of a Promise," the mind of the septuagenarian protagonist Willi retraces a path from his poverty in the Vienna of the First Republic through his internment in the concentration camps to his entrepreneurial success in his chosen South American exile as he reveals for the first time a promise that he had made.

Narratives of Loving Resistance: Two Stories (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)

Genre Fiction

Ariadne Pr

“An exceptional book.”—The Times Literary Supplement “Gracefully measured, conversational and obliquely impressionistic . . . a cause for celebration."—The Irish TimesThis extraordinary novel is based on a true story of the love between Rudi and Marga. Imprisoned in Auschwitz, Rudi petitions to be allowed to marry Marga and make his son legitimate. Eventually his petition is granted—no one knows why. Rudi’s wife and child are brought to Auschwitz, his father and brother come from Vienna, and the officials who normally spend all their time registering the deaths now register a marriage.Erich Hackl is an Austrian novelist and short-story writer.

The Wedding in Auschwitz

Serpent's Tail

As German Jews, Regina Steinig and her daughter Lucia are forced into hiding during the Second World War. Finding refuge in the workshop of a local beltmaker, they hold on to each other as they live in constant fear of discovery by his neighbors and customers. When their hideaway is damaged in an air raid in the closing months of the war, the women are forced on the run and are locked in a desperate battle for survival. Based on a true story, On the Rope is an account of extreme courage in the face of danger, violence, and hatred. Exploring themes of displacement and survival, friendship and family, it ends with the women's efforts to bring recognition the selfless heroism of those who faced tremendous personal risk in order to protect them. A novella by one of Europe's most prominent literary novelists, On the Rope layers deeply personal stories in a grounded historical account of life before, during, and after the Second World War. It paints a vivid picture of the hardships forced upon people by conflict and separation, depicting the forming and unravelling of relationships as a fact of life. &nbsp;

On the Rope: A Hero's Story

Haus Publishing

Mendoza - a conservative provincial town in Argentina at the foot of the Andes. April 8, 1977 - the last day that Gisela Tenenbaum was seen alive. How does a family come to terms with the fact that their twenty-two-year-old daughter disappeared so many years ago? Was she kidnapped, tortured, murdered? How have her friends and companions fared? Gisi is gone and yet still present. Argentina's Angel tells the story of Gisi's family (Austrians of Jewish origin who fled to South America in 1939) , of her committed struggle against injustice, and of her desperate, underground work for a cause that would ultimately be lost.

Argentina's Angel

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Riverrun Bookstore Inc

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Auroras Motive

Aurora's Motive

AURORA'S MOTIVE

Farewell Sidonia

Three Tearless Histories: The Photographer of Auschwitz and Other Stories

Three Tearless Histories: The Photographer of Auschwitz and Other Stories

Narratives of Loving Resistance: Two Stories (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)

The Wedding in Auschwitz

On the Rope: A Hero's Story

Argentina's Angel