The Other Hoffmann Sister by Ben Fergusson - ISBN: 9780349142562
Paperback
Sister vanishes before war, leaving behind secrets and suspicion.

The Other Hoffmann Sister

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    10 January 2018

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Summary

Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2015, Ben Fergusson’s critically acclaimed debut, The Spring of Kasper Meier, was the winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2015 and the HWA 2015 Debut Crown Award. THE OTHER HOFFMANN SISTER is a gripping, evocative read about two sisters set in pre-WW1 Germany which will appeal to fans of The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry.

For Ingrid Hoffmann the story of her sister’s disappearance began in the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349142562
ISBN-10:0349142564
Author:Ben Fergusson
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:10 January 2018
Weight:352g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 28mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Taut, subtle, ambitious and engrossing . A gripping story of conflicting loyalties spanning a turbulent and changing world

Taut, subtle, ambitious and engrossing. A gripping story of conflicting loyalties spanning a turbulent and changing world - Imogen Robertson, author of The Paris Winter

A beautiful, compelling read with exquisitely drawn characters. Wonderful - Jason Hewitt, author of Devastation Road

Elegantly crafted and engrossing - Fergusson’s The Other Hoffmann Sister is excellent - William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier

Beguiling, unsettling, and wonderfully atmospheric. A dark expedition across a nightmarish landscape of physical and emotional damage and moral decay - Sarah Waters, praise for The Spring of Kasper Meier

A decidedly accomplished first novel … where the keenness of observation and the rhythms of the prose call Graham Greene to mind - Allan Massie, The Scotsman, praise for The Spring of Kasper Meier

Ben Fergusson’s grittily evocative novel, historically knowledgeable and piercing in its scrutiny of morally ambiguous characters, political murkiness and a world quivering with suspicion and jeopardy, impressively recalls Graham Greene’s The Third Man - Peter Kemp, praise for The Spring of Kasper Meier

Taut, subtle, ambitious and engrossing. A gripping story of conflicting loyalties spanning a turbulent and changing world - Imogen Robertson, author of The Paris Winter

A beautiful, compelling read with exquisitely drawn characters. Wonderful - Jason Hewitt, author of Devastation Road

About The Author

Ben Fergusson

Ben Fergusson’s debut novel, The Spring of Kasper Meier, was awarded the Betty Trask Prize and the HWA Debut Crown, and was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. The Other Hoffmann Sister and An Honest Man complete a trilogy of novels set in the same apartment block in Berlin at key moments in the city’s twentieth-century history. His short fiction has been published in journals internationally and in 2020 he won the Sean O’Faolain International Short Story Prize. He also translates from German, winning a 2020 Stephen Spender Prize for poetry in translation. Ben lives in Berlin with his husband and son.

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