Heaven Has No Favorites
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 Cover of 1st English language edition | |
| Author | Erich Maria Remarque |
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| Original title | Der Himmel kennt keine Günstlinge |
| Translator | Richard and Clara Winston |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World |
Publication date | 1961 |
Published in English | 1961 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 302 |
| ISBN | N/A Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 295971 |
Heaven Has No Favorites (German: Der Himmel kennt keine Günstlinge) is a novel by a famous German writer Erich Maria Remarque. This novel is a charming story about the passion and love in the background of automobile racing. The novel was serialized in the Hamburg magazine "Kristall" in 1959 under the title Borrowed Life (German: Geborgtes Leben), and first published in book form in 1961.
Plot summary
The main figure, Clerfayt, is an automobile racer who goes to the Switzerland's hospital to visit a fellow racer. He meets the young Belgian woman Lillian suffering from tuberculosis. She is in its terminal stage with no chances to cure and she wants to enjoy her last months rather than waiting for the death. Together with Clerfayt rounds over the Europe enjoying things she didn't know before. Clerfayt expresses he wants to settle down with Lillian but she refuses. In one race Clerfayt is seriously wounded and dies in the hospital. Lillian returns back to Switzerland and dies six weeks later.
Film adaptation
- Bobby Deerfield, 1977 film based on this novel, starring Al Pacino as automobile racer Bobby Deerfield and Marthe Keller as Lillian Morelli.
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