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Title Statement | Siblings / Brigitte Reimann ; translated from the German by Lucy Jones. |
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Author | Reimann, Brigitte, 1933-1973 |
Additional Contributors | Jones, Lucy |
Publication | London: Penguin Classics,2023. |
Extent of Item | 133 pages ; |
ISBN | 9780241555835 (trade paperback) |
Other Number | pr06907710 |
Languages | Translated into English from the German. |
Summary | 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 palce 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. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Socialism--Fiction |
Cold War--Fiction | |
Political persecution--Fiction | |
By Location | Germany (East)--Fiction |
By Genre | Novels |