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BACK TO BACK
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| By: |
Julia Franck, Anthea Bell (Trans) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1846556295 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781846556296 |
| 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: |
This is 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. Kathe barely acknowledges Ella's vulnerable loneliness and Thomas' quiet aspirations, and her hard-nosed brutality forces her children to build an imaginary world as a shelter from the coldness that surrounds them. But the siblings find themselves enclosed by the Berlin Wall, and unable to pursue their dreams. Heartbreaking and shocking, Back to Back is a dark fairytale of East Germany - a moving personal story of love, betrayal and disillusionment within a single family that reflects the greater tragedy of the world around them. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Harvill Secker |
| Prizes: |
Long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2015.
Long-listed for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |