Elly

Maike Wetzel

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Scribe Publications
28 April 2020

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense; Fiction in translation

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER AWARD FOR FICTION IN TRANSLATION A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back?

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER AWARD FOR FICTION IN TRANSLATION A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back?

Eleven-year-old Elly is missing. After an extensive police search she is presumed dead, and her family must learn to live with a gaping hole in their lives. Then, four years later, she reappears. But soon her parents and sister are plagued by doubts. Is this stranger really the same little girl who went missing? And if not, who is she?

Elly is a gripping tale of grief, longing, and doubt, which takes every parent's greatest fear and lets it play out to an emotionally powerful, memorable climax. It is a literary novel with all the best qualities of a thriller.

'Maike Wetzel writes with an assurance that belies her story's unsettling menace. Elly is a tautly strung exploration of what it means when all a family desires is the continuation of their own nightmare ... because the alternative is absolute despair.' -Melanie Joosten, author of Berlin Syndrome 'An elaborate mosaic about the unrelenting belief in a happy ending.' -Brigitte 'Revolving around the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl, this slender German novel builds into a brutal, uncomfortable story, told from the alternating perspectives of family members.' -Marta Bausells, The Guardian, 'Ten of the Best New Books In Translation'

By: Maike Wetzel
Imprint: Scribe Publications
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 162g
ISBN: 9781925849165
ISBN 10: 1925849163
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 28 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maike Wetzel was born in 1974 and works as a writer and screenwriter in Berlin. She studied at the Munich Film School and in the UK. The manuscript of her first novel, Elly, won the Robert Gernhardt Prize and the Martha Saalfeld Prize. Maike's short stories have been translated into numerous languages and received multiple awards.

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