Far to Go (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Marta Meuller: Pepik's beautiful 24 year old governess, working for the Bauers. Raised in a dysfunctional home and eager to belong to any family
• Pavel Bauer: Annaliese's husband, owns a textile factory in the Sudetenland; Jewish.
• Anneliese "Liesel" Bauer: Pavel's wife and Pepik's mother; Jewish.
• Joseph "Pepik" Bauer: The son of Pavel and Annaliese Bauer, watched by Marta.
• Sophie: A self-conscious and bitter cook employed by the Bauers, with a slight harelip
• Mr. Goldstein: An elderly Jewish tailor who greets Marta and Pepik regularly in town.
• Alžběta Stein: Annaliese Bauer's sister
• Max Stein: Alžběta's husband, a Czech industrialist
• Ernst Anselm: An unscrupulous worker in Pavel Bauer's factory
• Father Wilhelm: The local priest, sympathetic to the local Jewish population
• Misha Bauer: Pavel's brother, who lives in Austria
• Lore Bauer: Misha's wife
• Anneliese "Lisa" Bauer: Beautiful and fragile wife of a Czech manufacturer and rather distant mother of a six year old son.
• Inga: Add a description of this character.
• Arthur: Desperately ill child of the Millings, a Scottish couple
• Mrs. Milling: Hard working and rather harsh Scottish mother of a very ill boy

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Prague
• Czechoslovakia
• Germany
• Paris
• Sudetenland
• Auschwitz
• England
• Scotland
• London
• Bohemia
• Berlin
• France
• Moravia
• Austria

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Alison Pick (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 2011, Longlist)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PR9199.4.P497 F37
• Dewey: 813

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction