THE END OF DAYS by Jenny Erpenbeck, Susan Bernofsky (Trans) ( 9781846275159 )

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Title:

THE END OF DAYS

By:

Jenny Erpenbeck, Susan Bernofsky (Trans)

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Paperback

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1846275156

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9781846275159

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Publisher:

GRANTA BOOKS

Pub. date:

28 May, 2015

Pages:

192

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A story of the twentieth century told through the various lives of one woman: an intoxicating masterpiece of a novel that kneads Time and History like dough

Synopsis:

Winner of the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize From one of the most daring voices in European fiction, this is a story of the twentieth century traced through the various possible lives of one woman. She is a baby who barely suffocates in the cradle. Or perhaps not? She lives to become as an adult and dies beloved. Or dies betrayed. Or perhaps not? Her memory is honoured. Or she is forgotten by everyone. Moving from a small Galician town at the turn of the century, through pre-war Vienna and Stalin's Moscow to present-day Berlin, Jenny Erpenbeck homes in on the moments when life follows a particular branch and 'fate' suddenly emerges from the sly interplay between history, character and pure chance. The End of Days is a novel that pulls apart the threads of destiny and allows us to see the present and the past anew.

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Portobello Books Ltd

Prizes:

Winner of Hans Fallada Prize 2013 Short-listed for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015

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