The title comes from Ã -- dÃ n von HorvÃ thâ s novel , Ein Kind unserer Zeit ( A Child of Our Time ) , written in 1938 and published in English in 1939 . The title comes from Ã -- dÃ n von HorvÃ th 's novel , Ein Kind unserer Zeit ( A Child of Our Time ) , written in 1938 ( and published in English in 1939 . )