Pavel's Letters - Softcover

Maron, Monika

Softcover

ISBN 10: 186046629X ISBN 13: 9781860466298

Publisher: Harvill Secker, 2003

Synopsis

Pavel was Monika Maron's grandfather. But she only remembers him in black and white, as he left his children behind in Berlin when he was deported to his native Poland, and afterwards perished in a concentration camp. As a grown-up with a son of her own, researching a documentary for German television, Monika discovers letters which her grandfather wrote to Monika's mother, Hella. Teasing her family's past out of the fog of oblivion and lies, one of Germany's greatest writers asks about the secrets families keep and about what becomes of the individual mind when the powers that be turn against it.

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Teasing her family's past out of the fog of oblivion and lies, one of Germany's greatest writers asks about the secrets families keep and about what becomes of the individual mind when the powers that be turn against it.

About the Author:

Monika Maron was born in Berlin in 1941, grew up in East Germany, left for the West in 1988 and now lives in Berlin once again. She is the author of the novels Silent Close No.6, Flight of Ashes, Animal Triste and The Defectors. In 1992 she was distinguished with the renowned Kleist Prize, awarded annually to prominent German authors, and, in 2003, with the Friedrich Hoelderlin Prize.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvill Secker
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 186046629X
• ISBN 13: 9781860466298
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224