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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Edition:Hardback978178378612101/06/2023From a Bookshelf nearby
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The author of 'East West Street' examines the life of Otto von Wachter, the SS Governor of Galicia, who was indicted for mass murder in 1945 and went to ground in the Austrian Alps.
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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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As a war photographer and his driver travel through Germany in late 1945, it becomes apparent that they have different reasons for wanting to be there.
The Invisible Land
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Dresden: The Fire and the Darkness
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