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Bachmann tells the story of lives painfully intertwined: the unnamed narrator, haunted by nightmarish memories of her father, lives with the androgynous Malina, an initially remote and dispassionate man who ultimately becomes an ominous influence. Plunging toward its riveting finale, Malina brutally lays bare the struggle for love and the limits of discourse between women and men.

In the heart of Berlin—a divided city simmering with tension and unrest—Floriane ekes out a living in a chocolate factory.She's not just an unassuming worker; she's a survivor, raising her younger sister in the shadows of a world still scarred by war.Vladimir, a Red Army Intelligence officer, is sent to East Berlin with a clear mission: to quell discontent against the Soviet Union. A chance encounter with Floriane ignites a forbidden love, but he hides a dangerous secret – until he’s forced to choose between his two true loves: his country and Floriane.Emboldened by the glimmer of hope following Stalin’s death, the East German citizens demand change. As the workers strike against oppressive quotas, Floriane and her sister join the protest, marching in the streets they call home.When Floriane is in peril, Vladimir's heart and conscience collide. Will he risk everything, including his own promising career, to rescue the woman he loves?Against the Odds is a gripping tale of passion, courage, and sacrifice, set against the backdrop of a tumultuous chapter in German history. Join Floriane and Vladimir on a thrilling journey through the smoky streets of Berlin, where love knows no boundaries, and heroes emerge from the most unexpected places.This book is based on the true events of the Uprising of the 17th of June 1953 in East Berlin.

Angst ist eine Novelle von Stefan Zweig, die 1910 in Wien geschrieben wurde und die Ängste einer Ehebrecherin zeigt.Irene Wagner, die Hauptperson der Novelle, hat einen Geliebten. Immer, wenn sie diesen verlässt, hat sie Angst, dass ihr Ehemann herausfindet, dass sie ihn betrügt. Eines Tages wird sie von einer Frau aufgehalten, die behauptet, Irene hätte ihr den Geliebten abspenstig gemacht. Diese Frau erpresst Irene, woraufhin sie ihr Geld gibt und flieht. Zu Hause schreibt sie einen Brief an den Geliebten, in dem sie sagt, sie könnte sich in den nächsten Tagen nicht mit ihm treffen. Da dieser jedoch weiterhin an die Beziehung der beiden glaubt, trifft sie ihn am nächsten Tag in einem Café, macht aber nur Andeutungen und lässt ihn im Ungewissen. Als sie nach Hause kommt, trifft sie die Erpresserin wieder und muss ihr noch einmal Geld geben. Daraufhin verlässt sie drei Tage lang nicht das Haus, was ihrer Familie auffällt.

Er soll mich nicht anrühren, er soll mir nichts tun, denkt Rosie und sieht sich, aber vergebens, nach Hilfe um, die strasse liegt hoch oben, hinter den Felsen, auf dem Zickzackpfad ihr zu Füssen ist kein Mensch zu sehen, und drunten am Meer erstickt das Geräusch der Brandung gewiss jeden Schrei. Einundzwanzig Geschichten, die in Frankfurt am Main und London, in Rom und am Meer und in den Albaner Bergen spielen. Erzählungen von Alltäglichem, das nicht selten eine unerklärliche Wendung nimmt...

'An intense, courageous novel, equal to the best of Virginia Woolf and Samuel Beckett' The New York Times Part detective novel, part love story, part psychoanalytic case study, Malina is a staggering portrait of a writer trying to tell her own story in a world dominated by men. 'I was subordinate to him from the beginning, and I must have known early on that he was destined to be my doom' A woman in postwar Vienna walks a tightrope between the two men in her life. There is her lover Ivan, beautiful and unavailable, who obsesses her. And there is Malina, the civil servant with whom she shares an apartment: reserved, fastidious, exacting, chillingly calm. As the balance of power between them starts to shift, she feels her fragile identity unravelling, gradually revealing the dark, bruised heart of her past.

A prisoner escapes. A guard looks the other way. In Berlin 1943 compassion is a crime. So, why does Ursula Hermann risk her life and brave the Gestapo to save a man she barely knows? Ursula has always lived the law, never broken the rules in her life. That is until the day she finds escapee British airman Tom Westlake and all the right she's worked so hard to maintain goes wrong... He runs. And she does nothing to stop him. Torn with guilt about what she did, Ursula battles with her decision when suddenly Tom returns, injured and pleading for her help. This is her opportunity to make things right. But shadows from the past tug at her heart, convincing her to risk everything, including her life, in order to protect a man she barely knows. As they brave the perils and dangers of the ever-present Gestapo, will Ursula find a way to keep Tom safe? Or will being on the opposite sides of the war ultimately cost both of them their lives?