Sanderling, 9781917378055
Hardcover
Uncover family secrets, explore German identity, and confront inescapable history.

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  • Hardcover

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    31 December 2025

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Summary

The past lies before us as a foreign, distant land.

Sanderling is a personal journey of exploration into the past, and the fascinating world of Florens Christian Rang (1864-1924), written by his great grand-daughter Anne Weber, one of Germany’s leading contemporary authors.

Rang, whom Weber nicknames Sanderling after the darting shorebird, began as a Protestant pastor stationed near Poznan in modern-day Poland, then part of Prussia. The church, which …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781917378055
ISBN-10:191737805X
Author:Anne Weber, Neil Blackadder
Publisher:The Indigo Press
Imprint:The Indigo Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:31 December 2025
Weight:306g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm
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Critics Review

“A searing examination of family and historical legacy, of how the past extends into the present.” –The Observer

About The Author

Anne Weber

Anne Weber is an author and a translator into both French and German. She studied in Paris and has worked for several publishers. She has written a dozen books, each in a German and French version.

Her book Epic Annette has been translated into 15 languages and won the 2020 German Book Prize. She has also been awarded the Annette-von-Droste-Hulshoff-Preis and the Joseph-Breitbach-Preis.

Neil Blackadder translates prose and drama from German and French. His translations have been staged in London, New York and other cities, and he has received grants from the NEA, PEN, and the Howard Foundation.

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