{"product_id":"gerta-9781542043144","title":"Gerta","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning novel by Czech author Kateřina Tučkov --her first to be translated into English--about the fate of one woman and the pursuit of forgiveness in a divided postwar world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e1945.\u003c\/i\u003e Allied forces liberate Nazi-occupied Brno, Moravia. For Gerta Schnirch, daughter of a Czech mother and a German father aligned with Hitler, it's not deliverance; it's a sentence. She has been branded an enemy of the state. Caught in the changing tides of a war that shattered her family--and her innocence--Gerta must obey the official order: she, along with all ethnic Germans, is to be expelled from Czechoslovakia. With nothing but the clothes on her back and an infant daughter, she's herded among thousands, driven from the only home she's ever known. But the injustice only makes Gerta stronger, more empowered, and more resolved to seek justice. Her journey is a relentless quest for a seemingly impossible forgiveness. And one day, she will return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning decades and generations, Kateřina Tučkov 's breathtaking novel illuminates a long-neglected episode in Czech history. One of exclusion and prejudice, of collective shame versus personal guilt, all through the eyes of a charismatic woman whose courage will affect all the lives she's touched. Especially that of the daughter she loved, fought for, shielded, and would come to inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTučková, Kateřina:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKateřina Tučková is a Czech playwright, publicist, biographer, art historian, exhibition curator, and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGerta\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Zítková Goddesses\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won several literary awards, including the Magnesia Litera Award (for both \u003ci\u003eGerta\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Zítková Goddesses\u003c\/i\u003e), the Brno City Award for literature, the Josef Skvorecký Award, and the Czech Bestseller Award. Kateřina is also the recipient of the Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Award by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, and of the Premio Libro d'Europa at the Book Fair in Salerno, Italy. Between 2015 and 2018, she was a founder and first president of the Meeting Brno festival, focusing on international and intercultural dialogue. Kateřina Tučková currently lives in Prague and Brno, Czech Republic. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages. Gerta is her first to be translated into English. In December 2020, her novel \u003ci\u003eBílá Voda\u003c\/i\u003e will be published in Czech. For more information, visit www.katerina-tuckova.cz\/en\/.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon Crossing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914302329106,"sku":"9781542043144","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93262665-b9f5-4a5e-944f-ffd9f88314b9.jpg?v=1738812159","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gerta-9781542043144","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}