»In Hiding«Ljuba Arnautovic´'s first novel is a haunting story based on the author's grandmother and own family history. A strong woman's silent heroism during World War II puts her in great danger, but she stays commited to compassion.Vienna, 1944: Genofeva works in the office of the Protestant Church Council. No one knows about her political past, nor do they suspect that, for months, she is hiding people in her apartment to save them from the Nazis. In these perilous times, Genofeva must conceal all her loneliness and pain; her sons have been in the USSR for years without any news from them, and her husband has left her to start a new life in Australia. One day she meets Walter, who too must find refuge. Thus two lost souls in search of solace find each other

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Ljuba Arnautovic , geboren 1954 in Kursk (UdSSR), lebt nach wechselnden Aufenthalten in Wien, München und Moskau seit 1987 in Wien. Studium der Sozialpädagogik, Mitarbeit an Projekten des Dokumentationsarchivs des österreichischen Widerstands (DÖW), Russisch-Übersetzerin, Rundfunkjournalistin. Zahlreiche Radiofeatures, Reportagen, Essays; Veröffentlichungen in Literaturzeitschriften und Anthologien. »Im Verborgenen« ist ihr erster Roman.