In the dark (Kelderkind)

Germany, 19th century. Manfred has a harelip. Every day he experiences how the world rejects ugly people. On Whit- Monday 1828 there is a boy on the square in Neurenberg. The 16 year old foundling can only write his name: Kaspar Hauser. Was he locked in a cellar all those years? And what does he have to do with Manfred?

A thrilling novel based on historical facts, about the famous ‘wolf child’ of Neurenberg.

Themes: Kaspar Hauser, imprisonment, harelip, German history

Rights sold: Danish, German