The Crooked Maid Lib/E (CD-Audio)

from Romonko

This is a macabre but a fascinating story set in post WWII Vienna. This book was a 2013 Giller Prize finalist, and an odds-on favourite to take the coveted prize. It didn't win the prize, but it certainly is a book that belongs on the short list. This book's strength is it's remarkable sense of t...

from EvelynBernard

This story takes place in Vienna in 1948. The backdrop is the deNazification of Austria and the turmoil experienced by people trying to find a place for themselves after the war. Robert is a young man searching for the answer to his father's suspicious fall from a top-floor window. Anna has come ...

from TheLostEntwife

There are times I will pick up a book, read it, and then sit for a long time afterward, thinking about what I want to say about it. It's now December and I am still thinking about The Crooked Maid over three months after I finishing reading it. I'm extremely torn on what I want to say, because - ...