German Fantasia
$35.16
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
8 May 2023
Summary
Echoes of Germany: Memory and Reckoning
A deserting soldier treks through the torn-up countryside and abandoned villages, trying to distance himself from the atrocities of war.
An elderly man sits beneath lime trees, remembering his first sexual encounter one summer night with a female stranger who whispered another man’s name.
A young woman takes up a job in a care home, spending monotonous days scrubbing floors and yearning to dance at the local nightclub.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529417883 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529417880 |
| Author: | Philippe Claudel, Julian Evans |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 8 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 127g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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Dark, sober and strong
Dark, sober and strong * Le Monde *[Philippe Claudel] manages to instil sweetness into the very heart of the suffering and drama he depicts * Culture Tops *Philippe Claudel leads his readers in a dance between great history and intimate stories, great wars and internal wars with his new novel … Characters intersect and reappear like a dream, or a form of haunting, until they find their destiny * Le Journal de Québec *
About The Author
Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel is a university lecturer, novelist, film director and scriptwriter. He has written 14 novels that have been translated into various languages. He was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe in 1962 where he still lives. In 2009 his film I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime), which draws upon Claudel’s eleven years teaching in prisons, won the BAFTA for Best Foreign Language film. Among his novels, Grey Souls won the Prix Renaudot in France, the American Gumshoe Award and the Swedish Martin Beck award. Brodeck’s Report won the 2010 Independent Foreign Fiction Award.
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