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| Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
| Auflage | 2024 |
| Seiten | 144 |
| Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 0,8 cm |
| B-format paperback | |
| Gewicht | 114 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Penguin Modern Classics |
| EAN | 9780241555842 |
| Bestell-Nr | 24155584EA |
'Spare, chilling, with wild flashes of vivid colour and the tempo of a thriller, Siblings jolts us into the beating heart of a family and post-war East Germany, conjuring the political dreams and divisions that make and ultimately break both' Lisa Appignanesi
1960. The border between East and West Germany has closed.
For Elisabeth - a young painter - the GDR is her generation's chance to build a glorious, egalitarian socialist future. For her brother Uli, it is a place of stricture and oppression. Separating them is the ever-wider chasm of the Party line; over them loom the twin spectres of opportunity and fear, and the shadow of their defector brother Konrad. In prose as bold as a scarlet paint stroke, Brigitte Reimann battles with the clash of idealism and suppression, familial loyalty, and desire. The result is this ground-breaking classic of post-war East German literature.
Translated by Lucy Jones
Rezension:
Atmopsheric... complex, prickly, funny... Reimann's novel has the tense mood of a play - a family drama by Henrik Ibsen or Arthur Miller - with plenty of fiery dialogue between the characters about politics, industry and art... [Reimann] is a flash of colour in a grey landscape Johanna Thomas-Corr The Sunday Times
