Name: Siblings
SKU: 54621057
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Author: Lucy Jones
ISBN: 9781945492662

Type

Physical Book

Author

Brigitte Reimann

Translated by

Lucy Jones

Publisher

Transit Books

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1x13.2x2 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9781945492662

Synopsis "Siblings "

A story of sibling love ruptured by the Iron Curtain, by one of the most significant East German writers. "I will never forgive you," Uli says to his sister Elisabeth. It is 1960 and the border between East and West Germany has long been closed. Their brother Konrad has already fled to the West. Disillusioned by life in the East, Uli also dreams of escape, while Elisabeth still holds out hope for the political project of the GDR. With physical checkpoints and ideological tensions between them, the siblings must navigate emotional rifts as they enter into a drama fueled by love in this unflinching portrayal of life in the early years of the German Democratic Republic. One of the most significant East German writers, Brigitte Reimann (1933-1973) wrote irreverent, autobiographical works that addressed issues and sensibilities otherwise repressed in the GDR. Outspoken and idealistic, she wrote in her diaries that she would rather "live 30 wild years instead of 70 well-behaved ones." Considered a master of socialist realism, she heeded the state's call for artists to engage with the people, teaching writing classes for industrial plant workers. Of her generation's suffering, she wrote to her brother, "We marched forth carrying such a heavy baggage of ideals." After her death from cancer in 1973, at age 39, Reimann garnered cult-like attention. This is her first work of fiction to appear in English.

Lucy Jones

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Lucy Jones es una escritora y periodista residente en Hampshire, Inglaterra. Ha trabajado en NME y The Daily Telegraph, y ha publicado artículos sobre cultura, ciencia y naturaleza en GQ, BBC Wildlife, The Sunday Times, The Guardian y New Statesman.

Es la autora de Foxes Unearthed, que ganó el premio Roger Deakin de la Society of Authors en 2015; Perdiendo el Edén (Gatopardo, 2021), nominado al premio Wainwright y elegido como libro del año por The Times y The Telegraph, y Matrescencia, «un análisis apasionante de lo que significa ser madre» (The Observer), nominado al primer Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.

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