Fiume - The Lost River

Description:

Historical novel: When a chance meeting with a mysterious, yet familiar, 'Stranger' at a party in Sydney sets off a cycle of memories, Beatrice Szabo opens Pandora's Box which she had kept under lock and key for over seventy years: she left her native town of Fiume eloping with a famous writer, an event that provoked a local scandal and broke hearts and souls of a few families for several generations. When Beatrice came to Vienna with her lover in the aftermath of the Second World War, she never dreamt that beautiful Vienna would not be her last destination. Under unfavorable circumstances she marries David Goldberg, a Viennese Jew; while the atmosphere of war engulfs Austria they witness 'Crystal Night' and the fear and panic that widely spread; she sets off alone on a journey through war and panic-stricken Europe only to find herself in a Faraway Land—strange, exotic and sleepy Australia where her life takes an unthinkable turn—“Freedom is another word for nothing left to lose.”

subjects: Fiume,  Second World War,  Austria,  Vienna,  Sydney,  Australia

People: Gabrielle D' Annunzio,  Sandro Pertini,  Benito Mussolini,  Krishnamurti,  Elivs Presley

Places: Vienna,  Fiume,  Paris,  Amsterdam,  Sydney

Times: 1920-1997