| Sina: A Novel by the Author of Heidi Critical Edition Contributor(s): Spyri, Johanna (Author), Ohm, Anna Lisa (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1603294333 ISBN-13: 9781603294331 Publisher: Modern Language Association of America OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: 833.8 |
| LCCN: 2019033732 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Johanna Spyri, best known for her iconic Heidi, sends another young heroine into the world, this time to face the challenges of adulthood and professional life. Sina Normann leaves her close-knit alpine community to become one of the first women to attend medical school at the University of Z rich. Along her chosen path she must confront her family's fears, her instructors' prejudices, and the demands of her own heart. Published not long after women were first admitted to the University of Z rich, the novel is one of the first works in German to present female students seriously rather than as objects of humor. In her introduction, Anna Lisa Ohm argues that Sina may have been intended as a sequel to Heidi. |