Heaven Has No Favorites

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Heaven Has No Favorites
Author Erich Maria Remarque
Original title Der Himmel kennt keine Günstlinge
Country Germany
Language German
Genre(s) Romantic
Publisher Ballantine Books
Publication date 1961
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 302 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-449-91249-3
Followed by The Night in Lisbon

Heaven Has No Favorites (German: Der Himmel kennt keine Günstlinge) is a novel by a famous German writer Erich Maria Remarque. This novel is a charming story about the passion and love in the background of automobile racing.

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The main figure, Clerfayt, is an automobile racer who goes to the Switzerland's hospital to visit a fellow racer. He meets the young Belgian woman Lillian suffering from tuberculosis. She is in its terminal stage with no chances to cure and she wants to enjoy her last months rather than waiting for the death. Together with Clerfayt rounds over the Europe enjoying things she didn't know before. Clerfayt expresses he wants to settle down with Lillian but she refuses. In one race Clerfayt is seriously wounded and dies in the hospital. Lillian returns back to Switzerland and dies six weeks later.

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