Siblings

Reimann, Brigitte

ISBN 10: 194549266X / ISBN 13: 9781945492662

Editore: Transit Books, 2023

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Riassunto:

A New Yorker Best Book of 2023

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.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Brigitte Reimann (1933–73) was a German teacher and writer. Her novel Ankunft im Alltag is regarded as a masterpiece of socialist realism. She received the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1964.

Lucy Jones is a cofounder of Transfiction GbR and has translated Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Brigitte Reimann, Ronald Schernikau, and Silke Scheuermann, among others.

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Titolo: Siblings
Casa editrice: Transit Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2023
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
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