Kind aller Länder

"In this [...] novel, some of the great themes of 1930s Europe are refracted through the eyes of a child who is both naive and wise beyond her years. Irrepressible Kully, her charming, freckless father and her nervy, fragile mother are brought to life through Irmgard Keun's fast-paced prose. Published in German in 1938, Child of all nations is permeated by the threat of war and paints a fascinating picture of the German diaspora scattered throughout Europe by the rise of Nazism, but is nonetheless brimming with childish optimism [...] -- see jacket.