At the Wolf's Table

At the Wolf's Table (Italian: Le assaggiatrici; "The [Female] Tasters") is a 2018 novel by Italian author Rosella Postorino, with the English translation by Leah Janeczko. It is about a woman, Rosa Sauer, who becomes a food taster for Adolf Hitler during World War II. This is the first novel by Postorino to have an official English translation.[1]

It was originally published by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore in Italy in January 2018.[2]

Background

Postorino derived the story from that of real-life food taster Margot Wölk.[1] The author used her own given name for the fictionalized version of the inspiration.[3] Postorino learned about Wölk in 2014 after reading an article about her in an Italian newspaper, but Wölk died before Postorino had a chance to interview her.[3] Postorino decided to write a novel with a fictional character due to the fact she never got to speak to Wölk.[3]

Plot

The main character is telling the story while in the present day as a senior citizen.[4]

Reception

The novel won the Premio Campiello literary prize.[3]

References
  1. Ellingwood, Susan (2019-02-22). "Hitler Had Food Tasters, Anne Frank Lived and Maud Baum Wanted to Be Heard". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  2. Le assaggiatrici. Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore. Retrieved on April 4, 2018.
  3. Nichols, Clare. "Hitler's last food taster gets the novel treatment in bestseller At the Wolf's Table". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  4. Tasting Food For The Führer At 'The Wolf's Table', NPR, January 26, 2019.


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