A love affair and its aftermath, set in the closing years of the GDR. The girl is young, the man significantly older; the alteration in their love finds a parallel in the oppression of the regime. Erpenbeck was born in East Germany and her portrait of that country and of that period is compelling; her writing is tremendous, free-flowing yet sharp, and beautifully rendered in Michael Hofman’s meticulous translation.
Kairos
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Translated from the German, this is a substantial book on the man who led Europe out of the Napoleonic chaos; the father of realpolitik, according to Kissinger.
Metternich: Strategist and Visionary
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The acclaimed historian of the Third Reich examines a handful of historical conspiracy theories with unmatched knowledge and research.
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