The Hangman's Daughter - Oliver Pötzsch Reviews
Description:ISBN 161109061X /
Newest Review: ... have to say about the book is the superb job done with the translation - I have read many a translated book that suffers ... more
... greatly from various things being lost in translation such as ridiculous dialogue and just plain odd grammatical structuring with some severe adjectival misuse, but this book certainly isn't one of them, as there is a wonderfully natural flow to the prose which is evocatively descriptive, easy to read and quite engrossing.
Whether or not this is due to the translation from German I'm not sure (though I suspect probably not) but despite this story being set in the 17th Century the dialogue feels very modern and there was n...more
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The Hangman's Daughter - Oliver Pötzsch: It's a witch hunt - best not hang around! (1502 words)by - written on 27/06/12 (Very useful, 73 readings)
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The year is 1624 - a time of great superstition; the place is Schongau, Bavaria. 12 year old Jakob Kuisl is apprenticed to his father Johannes, the Hangman, and is off to watch the execution of a young lady, Elisabeth Clement who was found guilty of burying her dead child. When the execution goes horribly wrong, Jakob vows never to follow in his father's footsteps, but zooming forward to 1659 it seems he was unable to escape his fate as he now holds the post and he and his family are treated like outcasts and met with suspicion and fear at every turn. When a young boy Peter Grimmer is found dying in the river with multiple stab wounds but also what appears to be a symbol Read the complete review
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