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Name: Nach Mitternacht
Rating: 3.333333333333 (3 reviews)
Author: Irmgard Keun

Sanna and Gerti, two young women in 1930s Frankfurt, are drawn from the safety of their city into the turbulent politics of Nazi Germany when they encounter a Hitler parade and Gerti’s Jewish lover. Over the long hours after midnight, the girls confront betrayal, death, and the harsh reality of a society that erases innocence and romance. The novel captures the tension and hysteria of pre‑war Germany with clarity and a hopeful humanism, reflecting the author's own exile experience.

First publish date: 1937

Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature

Authors: Irmgard Keun

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