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Books set in Szonden, on the Oder (Prussia)

1 book pinned here. The book names a region, not an exact address, so the pin sits inside the area.

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Cover of Centroeuropa

Centroeuropa

by Vicente Luis Mora (2026)

Setting
Szonden, a small Prussian town on the Oder River in the 1820s (in what is now Poland): Redo Hauptshammer digs to bury his wife and finds frozen soldiers
About
A 2026 National Book Award finalist for Translated Literature, and a Book & Shores Weekly Reads pick (Oct 25, 2026). Szonden is the novel's town; the pin sits on the Oder near Frankfurt (Oder).
Source
kirkusreviews.com
ISBN
9781954276529
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