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Leunens, Christine,

Caging skies [novel] / Christine Leunens. - [Overlook Press edition] - New York : The Overlook Press, 2019. - 297 pages ; 24 cm

This edition first published in hardcover in the United States in 2019 by The Overlook Press, an imprint of ABRAMS.

"An avid member of the Hitler Youth in 1940s Vienna, Johannes Betzler discovers his parents are hiding a Jewish girl named Elsa behind a false wall in their home. His initial horror turns to interest--then love and obsession. After his parents disappear, Johannes is the only one aware of Elsa's existence in the house and the only one responsible for her survival. By turns disturbing and blackly comic, haunting and cleverly satirical, Christine Leunens's captivating and masterful novel--sold in 16 countries and the basis for a major forthcoming film by Taika Waititi ( Thor: Ragnorak, What We Do in the Shadows)--examines this world of truth and lies, laying bare the darkest corners of the human soul. ."--Publisher.

ISBN: 9781419739088 1419739085

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Hitler-Jugend--Fiction.

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Vienna--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Vienna (Austria)--Fiction.
Austria--Vienna.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3562.E8575 / C33 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54