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The tower : a novel

Tellkamp, Uwe, 1968-2016
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In derelict Dresden a cultivated, middle-class family does all it can to cope amid the Communist downfall. This striking tapestry of the East German experience is told through the tangled lives of a soldier, surgeon, nurse and publisher. With evocative detail, Uwe Tellkamp masterfully reveals the myriad perspectives of the time as people battled for individuality, retreated to nostalgia, chose to conform, or toed the perilous line between East and West.
Main title:
The tower : a novel / Uwe Tellkamp.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2016.
Collation:
1024 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the German.Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2014.
ISBN:
9780141979250 (pbk)
Dewey class:
833.9'2
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
6604
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