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Julia Franck was born in Berlin in 1970. Her novel The Blind Side of the Heart won the German Book Prize and sold over a million copies in Germany alone. It was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Literary Prize, and was named one of the best books of the year by the Guardian and US magazine Kirkus Reviews. West is her third novel to be translated into English.

Books by Julia Franck

West

A novel about fresh starts and past lives from the winner of the German Book Prize - now an award-winning film

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Back to Back

The desperately moving story of a brother and a sister caught in the tide of the Cold War, from the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlisted author, Julia Franck.

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The Blind Side of the Heart

An international bestseller, great family novel, a powerful portrayal of an era, and the story of a fascinating woman.

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