The Taste of Apple Seeds
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Publishing Details
The Taste of Apple Seeds
By (Author) Katharina Hagena
Translated by Jamie Bulloch
Atlantic Books
Atlantic Books
29th January 2014
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
833.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 17mm
186g
Description
For Iris, childhood memories are of long, hot summers spent playing with her cousin in their grandmother's enchanted garden. But Iris is now a young woman and her grandmother, after a long battle with dementia, is now dead. When she returns to the small village for her grandmother's funeral, Iris learns that she has not only inherited the old house and garden, she has also inherited her family's darkest secrets.
Reviews
This melancholy novel about lifting the layers of history is packed with gorgeous imagery and undertones of buried secrets... Sultry, tragic and intensely atmospheric * The Times *
Beautifully phrased, artful and sometimes ingenious... The Taste of Apple Seeds is atmospheric and sensual
It's easy to see why this riveting gothic saga spent two years on the German bestseller list
First love, family secrets and the pain of loss are at the heart of this enchanting read * Good Housekeeping *
A tale of perfect unity about three generations of very different women whose lives are intimately connected * Le Monde *
Author Bio
Katharina Hagena, born 1967, studied English and German Literature in Marburg, London and Freiburg, before lecturing at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Hamburg. Her first book What are the wild waves saying Waterways Through Joyce's Ulysses, was published in 2006. The Taste of Apple Seeds is her first novel. She currently lives in Hamburg.
