Adelheid Brunner

Adelheid Brunner

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Adelheid Brunner is a fictional character from the novel 'The Matchbox Girl' by Alice Jolly, set in 1930s Vienna. Portrayed as a girl with autism who is fascinated by matchboxes, her narrative unfolds in a children's hospital under the scrutiny of Dr. Hans Asperger, as the rise of Nazism transforms the institution into a site of horror.

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United Kingdom United Kingdom: We meet our fierce narrator, Adelheid Brunner, when she is brought into a children’s hospital by her grandmother. 6

Andrew O Hagan Miriam Toews Oyinkan Braithwaite Michael Clune Hal Ebbott Dr Hans Asperger Naomi Klein Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett Billy Stackpole Ida Campbell Kam Esfahani Roya Shabani Edna O Brien Seamus Heaney George Orwell
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Australia Australia: Adelheid Brunner is a girl who draws maps and is obsessed by matchboxes but doesn’t speak, and is placed under the observation of Dr Hans Asperger. 7

Dr Hans Asperger Masateru Konishi Kate Mildenhall Esperanza Hope Snyder Eleanor Elliott Thomas Henry Reynolds Giuliano Da Empoli Jimmy Wales Jamie Lafferty Jane Gilmore
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