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BACK TO BACK
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| By: |
Julia Franck |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1448113164 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781448113163 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
7 November, 2013 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
Kathe 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. |
| Synopsis: |
The moving story of a brother and a sister caught in the tide of the Cold War Kathe 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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
| Prizes: |
Long-listed for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014 (UK)
Long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2015 (UK) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |