Count Luna
1955 novel by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
 1960 edition Rowohlt Verlag | |
| Author | Alexander Lernet-Holenia |
|---|---|
| Language | German |
| Genre | Drama mystery |
Publication date | 1955 |
| Publication place | Austria |
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Count Luna (German: Der Graf Luna) is a 1955 mystery novel by the Austrian writer Alexander Lernet-Holenia. It is set during the Nazi era and deals with issues raised between the Anschluss and the extent of Austrian guilt.[1]
Synopsis
An anti-Nazi head of a shipping firm, booming due to wartime business, unwittingly takes over an estate of land belonging to an aristocrat who is sent to a concentration camp on a trumped up charge. After the war he becomes convinced that the man Count Luna, has survived and is plotting revenge against him.
References
- ^ von Dassanowsky p.129
Bibliography
- Robert von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.
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Alexander Lernet-Holenia
- I Was Jack Mortimer (1933)
- The Standard (1934)
- Baron Bagge (1936)
- Mars in Aries (1941)
- Twentieth of July (1947)
- The Count of Saint Germain (1948)
- Count Luna (1955)
- Die Entlassung (1942)
- The Great Love (1942)
- On Resonant Shores (1948)
- Espionage (1955)
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