At Home in Exile : A Memoir

At Home in Exile A Memoir

This is a story of a girl's construction of her identity, and of her family’s search for a place in the world, for the Heimat that is so resonant for those of German background. We follow Helga through an adventurous childhood in Iran, whose vast open spaces her mother called 'my spiritual...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Griffin, Helga-Maria, 1935- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, ACT : ANU Press [2021]
Edición:Second edition
Materias:
Prisoners of war > Australia > Biography.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426976206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Author's Note to the 2021 Edition
  • Foreword to the 2021 Edition
  • Foreword and Acknowledgements
  • 1. A Fountain in the Square
  • 2. The Lost Homeland
  • 3. Steinkirche
  • 4. A Jewel in the Austrian Crown
  • 5. Meeting the Relatives
  • 6. For the Love of Iran
  • 7. To the Bottom of the World
  • 8. Das Lager
  • 9. His Majesty's Guests
  • 10. The Imaginary Homeland
  • 11. Shadows and Flames
  • 12. After the War
  • 13. Stranded in Exile
  • 14. Swimming for the Eucharist
  • 15. Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam
  • 16. Mirror Without Identity
  • 17. The Wreck of the Deutschland
  • 18. Intelligence Testing
  • 19. A Banquet of Life
  • 20. Marriage in Rome
  • 21. Integration.

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