by Els Pelgrom · dtv Verlagsgesellschaft · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423701891
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«Umsonst geht nur die Sonne auf» is the children's historical novel by Els Pelgrom, published by dtv Verlagsgesellschaft in paperback (96 pages, in German).
In the Netherlands at the end of the 19th century, Fine, an eleven-year-old peasant girl, goes into service in the house of a doctor in the city. There she suffers unjust and humiliating treatment from her masters, until one day she decides to run away and the servant Engel goes with her. A story about child exploitation, social inequality and the search for dignity.
The original Dutch work, «Voor niks gaat de zon op» (1982), won the Zilveren Griffel in 1983. This German edition is from 1990.
Recommended for readers aged 12 and over with an interest in social history and period stories set in the Netherlands.
Els Pelgrom, pseudonym of Else Koch, is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Pelgrom is the first author to have received the Gouden Griffel award three times.
