The Undertaking

by Audrey Magee

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A soldier on the Russian Front marries a photograph of a woman he has never met. Hundreds of miles away in Berlin, the woman marries a photograph of the soldier. It is a contract of business rather than love. When the newlywed strangers finally meet, however, passion blossoms and they begin to imagine a life together under the bright promise of Nazi Germany. But as the tide of war turns and Allied enemies come ever closer, the couple find themselves facing the terrible consequences of being ordinary people stained with their small share of an extraordinary guilt...
  • ISBN10 1782391029
  • ISBN13 9781782391029
  • Publish Date 6 February 2014 (first published 1 February 2014)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 15 June 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Atlantic Books
  • Edition Main
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 304
  • Language English