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Synopsis
The moving story of a brother and a sister caught in the tide of the Cold War Käthe is a Jewish sculptor living in East Berlin. A survivor of the Nazi era, she is a fervent socialist who has been using her political connections to secure more significant commissions. Devoted entirely to success, she is a cruel and abrasive mother to her children. She barely acknowledges Ella’s vulnerable loneliness and Thomas’s quiet aspirations, and her hard-nosed brutality forces her children to build an imaginary world as a shelter from the coldness that surrounds them. As the Berlin Wall goes up, dreams are shattered, lives fall apart and this dark fairytale of East Germany unfolds.Book details
- Author:
- Julia Franck, Anthea Bell
- ISBN:
- 9781448113163
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780099572251
- Publisher:
- Random House
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2018-08-20
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2014
- Copyright by:
- Julia Franck, Anthea Bell
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction