
The Devil Comes to Bonn
by Jennifer Harris
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Pub Date Jul 28 2023 | Archive Date Oct 17 2023
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Description
A novel reflecting the #MeToo movement.
2015. Stella, a professor and historian, comes to the beautiful and ancient city of Bonn, Germany, for a World Heritage conference. With things at home tearing at the seams, she is determined to pretend all is well. At least, until she is assaulted over a trivial matter by another delegate, Professor Giovanni Costa. Bewildered, Stella descends into a shadowy observer, slowly becoming an obsessed stalker. When she meets the elderly Hildegard on a park bench by the River Rhine she is drawn into her wartime story, little seeing the similarities to her own situation.
1941. Hildegard, new wife to Kurt and student of architecture, surrenders to the inevitable; she needs a job for them to pay their rent. Interviewing for a hotel post, she does not realise her life now is off course, running on a track destined to collide with the sinister Fuhrer himself. Although repulsed, she must play along with the Fatherland ideals—to show anything but enthusiasm would not only leave her without a job but probably worse circumstances. She is thrust into the role of maid to Hitler in the infamous room 106 in a hotel he visited more than 70 times. She is no longer able to hide away from reality in her studies. Moving forward is the only option, no matter how dark it gets.
With the story switching between 2015 and 1941, Stella and Hildegard face questions of survival, identity, love and meaning as they juggle moral ambiguities in a world of elusive justice.
A Note From the Publisher2>
Jennifer Harris is an academic in Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies and draws on her expertise in writing fiction. She has also written for print and television news. She is from Western Australia and lives in Seattle where she reads, writes and hikes the Pacific Northwest.
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781803137629 |
PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 328 |
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