In Times of Fading Light

Ruge, Eugen

ISBN 10: 1555976794 / ISBN 13: 9781555976798

Editore: Graywolf Press, 2014

Paperback. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge. Codice articolo 9781555976798B

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An enthrallingly expansive family saga set against the backdrop of the collapse of East German communism, from a major new international voice

* Over 450,000 copies sold in Germany alone * Rights sold in 20 countries * Winner of the German Book Prize * APW "First Fiction" pick *


In Times of Fading Light begins in September 2001 as Alexander Umnitzer, who has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer, leaves behind his ailing father to fly to Mexico, where his grandparents lived as exiles in the 1940s.

The novel then takes us both forward and back in time, creating a panoramic view of the family's history: from Alexander's grandparents' return to the GDR to build the socialist state, to his father's decade spent in a gulag for criticizing the Soviet regime, to his son's desire to leave the political struggles of the twentieth century in the past.

With wisdom, humor, and great empathy, Eugen Ruge draws on his own family history as he masterfully brings to life the tragic intertwining of politics, love, and family under the East German regime.

Informazioni sull?autore: In 2011, Eugen Ruge came to international acclaim when he won the German Book Prize forIn Times of Fading Light, his debut novel, which went on to be translated into more than twenty languages.

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Titolo: In Times of Fading Light
Casa editrice: Graywolf Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: New
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