Summer of Dead Dreams explained

Language:German
Pages:340
Media Type:Print (paperback)
Release Date:1993
Publisher:Mitteldeutscher Verlag
Genre:autobiography with fictional elements
Country:Germany
Summer of Dead Dreams
Author:Harry Thürk
Title Orig:Sommer der toten Träume
Isbn:9783898122412

Summer of Dead Dreams (German: Sommer der toten Träume)[1] is a novel by German writer Harry Thürk, published in 1993[2] by Mitteldeutscher Verlag.[3] It is an autobiography with fictional elements.[4] [5] [6]

The book was translated to English, Polish (by Marcin Domino and Anna Myszyńska),[7] Czech (by Miroslava Mamulová),[8] Russian, Chinese, Slovak, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Vietnamese, Spanish and Finnish.[9]

Małgorzata Jurczak was planning a film adaptation of the book, but it was delayed due to a lack of money.[10]

The characters presented in the book are fictional, but the story is inspired by author's real experiences.[11]

Plot summary

The novel tells about three Germans: Oswald Hirschke, Jakob Latta and Schliebitz and a Romani woman called Alina.[12] The story takes place in the summer of 1945 in Prudnik, shortly after the end of World War II.[13] The main characters live in a ghetto on Chrobrego and Królowej Jadwigi Street, created by the Red Army in April 1945 after the end of the Battle of Prudnik.[14] They are being used by Poles that came to Prudnik after the war and Russian soldiers. They are trying to escape to East Germany.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Übersetzungsbibliografien – Deutsches Polen-Institut. www.deutsches-polen-institut.de. 2020-02-18.
  2. Web site: Tygodnik Prudnicki - Artykuły Tygodnika. www.tygodnikprudnicki.pl. 2020-02-18.
  3. Web site: Harry Thürk: "Sommer der toten Träume", 1993. www.harrythuerk.de. 2020-02-18.
  4. Web site: Prudnickie getto. Redakcja. 2002-10-25. Opole Nasze Miasto. pl-PL. 2020-02-18.
  5. Web site: Niechęć czy zaniedbanie? Wochenblatt. 4 July 2017. pl. 2020-02-18.
  6. Web site: Kierownik biblioteki w Prudniku straciła stanowisko. Finał sprawy likwidacji księgozbioru Harry. 6 July 2017.
  7. Web site: Ukazało się "Lato Umarłych Snów"!. 2015-01-30. Prudnik24. pl-PL. 2020-02-18.
  8. Web site: PROJEKT NA FINISZU - Aktualności - Starostwo Powiatowe w Prudniku. powiatprudnicki.pl. 2020-02-18.
  9. Web site: Werke Harry Thürks / Romane / "Sommer der toten Träume" / Veröffentlichung im Tygodnik Prudnicki. www.harrythuerk.de. 2020-02-18.
  10. Web site: Tygodnik Prudnicki - Artykuły Tygodnika. www.tygodnikprudnicki.pl. 2020-02-18.
  11. Web site: Harry Thürk - niemiecki pisarz z Białej. Strauchmann. fot Krzysztof. 2007-08-18. Nowa Trybuna Opolska. pl-PL. 2020-02-18.
  12. Web site: Harry Thürk: "Sommer der toten Träume", 1993. www.harrythuerk.de. 2020-02-18.
  13. Web site: Opisał tragiczną prawdę o powojennym Prudniku. 10 April 2015.
  14. Web site: Zajęcie Prudnika w 1945 roku przez Armię Czerwoną. Regiopedia, Opolskie, encyklopedia regionów. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212004/http://opolskie.regiopedia.pl/wiki/zajecie-prudnika-w-1945-roku-przez-armie-czerwona. dead. 2018-04-12. 2018-04-12. 2020-02-18.

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