Child of all nations

Description:

"In this [...] novel, some of the great themes of 1930s Europe are refracted through the eyes of a child who is both naive and wise beyond her years. Irrepressible Kully, her charming, freckless father and her nervy, fragile mother are brought to life through Irmgard Keun's fast-paced prose. Published in German in 1938, Child of all nations is permeated by the threat of war and paints a fascinating picture of the German diaspora scattered throughout Europe by the rise of Nazism, but is nonetheless brimming with childish optimism [...] -- see jacket.

subjects: Children of authors,  Fiction,  History,  Refugees,  Children of authors -- Fiction,  Children's fiction,  Parent and child, fiction,  History, ancient, fiction,  War, fiction,  Europe, history, fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Europe, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Fiction, general,  Refugee children,  Imagination in children

Places: Europe

Times: 1918-1945