Walchen
Walchen
14.99 €
A cloudless Crimean summer. Thirteen-year-old Valya has a vacation ahead of her: swimming, reading, talking with her best friend. And then comes seventh grade and four years of excellent study, pursuing her dream of going to medical school. And then—her whole life.
But on June 22, 1941, war broke out, and every day brought change. A few months would pass, and the girl would be sent along with hundreds of others to Germany, where she would be branded with the "OST" symbol: "Ostarbeiter"—not a person, but cheap labor.
Hard work, injustice, deprivation—and then growing up, meeting amazing people who call her Walchen in German. First love. And again—her whole life. Through the lives of Valya and her older friend Natasha, through the smallest historical details, a picture of the era is created. Like the author's first book, "Sugar Baby," "Walchen" is based on the true stories of many people. This book, too, is neither black nor white, nor is it a definitive assessment—but it offers a gripping plot and a multitude of questions for which the characters seek answers. It also invites dialogue—with friends, at school, in the library, and with History. "Walchen" is a novel by Olga Gromova, the author of one of the most important children's books of the 21st century, "Sugar Baby," which has already been published thirteen times in Russia and translated into a dozen languages, from French to Thai.
But on June 22, 1941, war broke out, and every day brought change. A few months would pass, and the girl would be sent along with hundreds of others to Germany, where she would be branded with the "OST" symbol: "Ostarbeiter"—not a person, but cheap labor.
Hard work, injustice, deprivation—and then growing up, meeting amazing people who call her Walchen in German. First love. And again—her whole life. Through the lives of Valya and her older friend Natasha, through the smallest historical details, a picture of the era is created. Like the author's first book, "Sugar Baby," "Walchen" is based on the true stories of many people. This book, too, is neither black nor white, nor is it a definitive assessment—but it offers a gripping plot and a multitude of questions for which the characters seek answers. It also invites dialogue—with friends, at school, in the library, and with History. "Walchen" is a novel by Olga Gromova, the author of one of the most important children's books of the 21st century, "Sugar Baby," which has already been published thirteen times in Russia and translated into a dozen languages, from French to Thai.
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