Siblings

Siblings
Brigitte Reimann, Lucy Jones
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Trade Paperback
h216 x 135mm - 144pg
2 Feb 2023 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780241555835
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The first English translation of this stirring novel of loyalty, fear and sibling love, by one of the GDR' s most important writers. 1960. The border between West and East Germany has closed. "I will never forgive you for this," says Uli, to his sister Elizabeth. For Elizabeth, the GDR is her generation' s chance to build a glorious, egalitarian socialist future. For Uli, it is a place of stricture and oppression. Separating them is the ever-wider chasm of the party line; over them looms the twin spectres of opportunity and fear. In prose as bold as a machete stroke, Brigitte Reimann - herself a loyal socialist - battles with the clash of idealism and suppression, familial love and individualist desires, in this celebrated classic of postwar East German literature.
Brigitte Reimann (1933-1973) was among East Germany' s most significant writers. She believed passion ately in socialism, yet never joined the party; stayed with her second husband, yet pursued a series of affairs. Her stated aim was to live ' thirty wild years instead of seventy well-behaved ones' . In 1960, her brother left for the West and she began writing Siblings. She died from cancer at the age of thirty-nine, a celebrated writer and cult figure. Lucy Jones is a literary translator who lives in Berlin. She has translated the works of Anke Stelling, Theresia Enzensberger and Silke Scheuermann, among others. Her own writing has been published in Litro Magazine, SAND Journal, Pigeon Pages and 3AM Magazine.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780241555835
Published: 2 Feb 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 150g
Pages: 144

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