A Shadow of Myself
$30.24
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2026
Summary
A Shadow of Myself: Lost in the Trenches of the Mind
Hans, a celebrated surgeon, returns from the brutal battlefields of World War One, only to find his home and even his wife, Grete, strangely foreign. Haunted by nightmarish visions and a profound sense of disconnection, he struggles to reclaim his former life. Has the war transformed him into a stranger to himself? Or has an imposter stolen his identity?
A Shadow of Myself, presented as a feverish, intimate monolo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805332268 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1805332260 |
| Author: | Peter Flamm, Simon Pare, Rachel Seiffert |
| Publisher: | Pushkin Press |
| Imprint: | Pushkin Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm |
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‘A fascinating, intoxicating flow that does not lose its power until the last page’ - Tagesspiegel‘A significant rediscovery’ - Welt am Sonntag‘Like a heavy, deeply concentrated red wine, it lingers for an extremely long time’ - Deutschlandfunk Kultur
About The Author
Peter Flamm
Peter Flamm, whose real name was Erich Mosse (1891-1963), was born to a Jewish family in Berlin. He began writing columns and short stories for the newspapers belonging to his uncle, Rudolf Mosse, while still a medical student. A Shadow of Myself was his debut novel, and it met with huge acclaim when it was first published in 1926. In the following years, he published three further novels while continuing to practise as a doctor until he was forced to flee Germany in 1933. He settled in New York and worked as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, treating William Faulkner, among others.
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