Beyond the Chestnut Trees [Paperback]

Maria Bauer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 18, 1986

This absorbing and evocative memoir received warm praise from readers and reviewers alike upon its hardcover publication. It is impossible not to be moved and transported back in time by this masterfully written reminiscence of a woman who returns to Prague, the city of her youth, after a forty year absence.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Overlook Press (June 18, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087951244X
• ISBN-13: 978-0879512446
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,539,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A life, a century, a masterpiece, February 5, 2001

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simon barrett "blond omnivore" (Beckenham, Kent, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond the Chestnut Trees (Paperback)

A window on the 20th century (told largely in flashback) but beautiful, beautiful, beautiful; artfulness concealing art. If you like Proust, or if he sounds too forbidding, or if you've never even heard of him, this book is for YOU; you'll wolf it down. If it's really still in print, BUY IT NOW; you'll want to pass it on to your friends... PS I had never heard of Maria Bauer until I stumbled across this book!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Book, September 9, 2003

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Rosemary W. Doud (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond the Chestnut Trees (Hardcover)

Maria Bauer paints a picture of a bygone time in beautiful word pictures. Her life story is as dramatic and colorful as any I have ever read. Brava!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond the Chestnut Trees, October 2, 2010

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L. Brooks "Tish" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond the Chestnut Trees (Paperback)

This is my favorite memoir. Apparently the only book written by Maria Bauer. I first read it over 15 years ago and now that I have reread it, I am buying copies for my friends. Maria's family lived a privileged Christian life in Prague but they were able to escape the Nazi oppression through Western Europe with little more than the clothes on their backs. The story of her return to the country of her birth after WWII brings back memories of family, friends, and a changed landscape. The chestnut trees were a perfect symbol of their survival.