The Day We Had Hitler Home
 First edition | |
| Author | Rodney Hall |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Picador, Australia |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 351 pp |
| ISBN | 0-330-36198-8 |
| OCLC | 45585099 |
| 823/.914 21 | |
| LC Class | PR9619.3.H285 D39 2000 |
| Preceded by | The Island in the Mind |
| Followed by | The Last Love Story |
The Day We Had Hitler Home is a 2000 novel by the Australian author Rodney Hall.[1]
Synopsis
In 1919 a young German soldier, blinded by gas, joins the wrong queue of evacutees. He is also unable to speak and so cannot tell anyone his name, private first-class Adolf Hitler. As a result he mistakenly boards a steamer headed for Australia.
Awards and nominations
- Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2001: shortlisted[2]
- ALS Gold Medal, 2001: winner[3]
Critical reception
Joanna Giffiths in The Observer noted that the book "jerks the reader to attention by depositing Hitler into the plot, only to recede into opaque twists and obscuring quirkiness."[4]
Publication history
After the novel's initial publication by Picador in Australia in 2000[5] it was then published as follows:
It was also translated into Portugeuese (2001) and Spanish (2002).[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Austlit - The Day We Had Hitler Home". Austlit. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Rodney Hall OAM". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - The Day We Had Hitler Home - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ ""G'day, Adolf, fancy a tinny?"". The Observer, 29 April 2001. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "The Day We Had Hitler Home (Picador)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "The Day We Had Hitler Home (Granta)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
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