New Releases by Franz Werfel

This books tells the story of an Austrian cook, Teta, who attempts to buy herself into heaven in a round-about way by paying for her nephew''s clerical education. Teta assumes that when her nephew becomes a priest, his grateful prayers will prove her salvation. Neither her plans, nor her nephew, turn out as she''d expected.

A German watchman of sixty-four must live until his sixty-fifth birthday in order that his wife and epileptic son may benefit from his insurance.

Roman over leven en werk van de Italiaanse componist Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813-1901).