Kairos
Editorial GRANTA BOOKS
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- Publisher GRANTA BOOKS
- ISBN13 9781783786138
- ISBN10 1783786132
- Type Book
- Pages 304
- Published 2024
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
Sections
English LiteratureKairos
Editorial GRANTA BOOKS
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Mainland Spain
Book Details
Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus.
She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single night he cannot forgive her and a dangerous crack forms between them, opening up a space for cruelty, punishment and the exertion of power.
And the world around them is changing too: as the GDR begins to crumble, so too do all the old certainties and the old loyalties, ushering in a new era whose great gains also involve profound loss. From a prize-winning German writer, this is the intimate and devastating story of the path of two lovers through the ruins of a relationship, set against the backdrop of a seismic period in European history.