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4 1 y separately published work icon The Untouchable Juli James Aldridge , ( trans. Olga Fetter et. al. )agent with title Der unberuhrbare Julian ) Berlin : Aufbau , 1979 Z364752 1975 single work novel Ignorance and bigotry in a small Australian town during the Depression lead to tragedy for a boy whose strange ways are rejected by the townspeople.
8 y separately published work icon Mockery in Arms James Aldridge , ( trans. Olga Fetter et. al. )agent with title Kein Hoffnungsloser Fall ) Berlin : Aufbau , 1976 Z576676 1974 single work novel
9 8 Black Lightning Dymphna Cusack , ( trans. Erich Fetter et. al. )agent with title Wie ein schwarzer Blitz ) Berlin : Verlag Volk und Welt , 1973 Z42161 1964 single work novel
— Appears in: Hohullam Berlinben [and] Fekete villam 1969; (p. 540)

'For Tempe Caxton, glamorous television star, life has lost its lustre. Her son was killed in the war, her lover has walked out on her, her job is over and life seems meaningless. Suicide seems to promise an easy way out.

'While recovering from a failed attempt, she discovers a surprising secret in the pages of her dead son's diary - she has a granddaughter. And she soon finds out that her grandchild is in trouble - the family that have raised her are being unfairly evicted from the land they have held for four generations.

'Gradually Tempe is pulled into an alien world, with a new purpose; she is forced to rethink her long-held prejudices, fight for principles she has never before thought about, and find a new reason for living.' (From The House of Books imprint, Allen & Unwin website, 2012.)
4 12 y separately published work icon The Half-Burnt Tree Dymphna Cusack , ( trans. Olga Fetter et. al. )agent with title Der halbverbrannte Baum ) Berlin : Verlag der Nation , 1972 Z41725 1969 single work novel
12 13 y separately published work icon Say No to Death Dymphna Cusack , ( trans. Olga Fetter et. al. )agent with title Und jeden Morgen neue Hoffnung ) Berlin : Verlag der Nation , 1970 Z42833 1951 single work novel Business is booming in Dymphna Cusack's Say No to Death, a story of post-war Sydney, black marketeering, and sacrificial romance. The same cannot be said for a public health system that struggles to offer a future for cash-strapped tuberculosis patients, such as the doomed heroine of this novel, Jan. For contemporary readers, however, the trajectory of Jan and Bart's relationship may seem less interesting than Cusack's evocation of the failings of government health policy in Australia and the fine account of this devastating illness in a city beset by wartime shortages. (Source: Susan Carson)
9 43 y separately published work icon Come in Spinner Florence James , Dymphna Cusack , ( trans. Olga Fetter et. al. )agent with title Jagd nach Glück : Roman ) Berlin : Verlag der Nation , 1967 Z846941 1951 single work novel The action revolves largely around the Hotel South Pacific where the girls and the 'occupying' American troops meet in the vestibule, while upstairs in the Marie Antionette beauty salon the attendants Deb, Guinea and Claire, each with her own complicated romantic entanglement, work long hours to disguise the shortcomings of their rich, fat clientele. A book sharply observant of the new era ushered in by WWII.
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