is the first installment of Carmen Korn’s Drei-Städte-Saga (Three Cities Saga), a historical fiction dilogy that follows three interconnected families across three different European cities during the 1950s. Plot Overview
: Follows Gerda and Heinrich Aldenhoven as they struggle with financial difficulties while running an art gallery in a city still in ruins. Carmen Korn Drei Städte Saga 01 Und Die Wel...
Beginning on New Year’s Day 1950, the novel spans a decade of recovery and transformation following the devastation of World War II. The story alternates between three primary locations: The story alternates between three primary locations: :
: Focuses on Heinrich’s sister Margarethe, who lives a seemingly glamorous life in Italy with her husband Bruno, though she struggles under the thumb of her domineering mother-in-law. Critical Reception Carmen Korn Drei StГ¤dte Saga 01 Und Die Wel...
: Centers on Gerda's lifelong friend Elisabeth Borgfeldt and her husband Kurt, who lead a more stable life but wait anxiously for their son-in-law to return from a Russian POW camp.