Esta saga familiar se centra en tres generaciones de una familia de la Republica Democratica Alemana: los abuelos, comunistas acerrimos que participan en la construccion de la nueva republica; su hijo, huido de joven a Moscu y mas tarde deportado a un campo siberiano, quien inicia su viaje en el extremo opuesto, los Urales, para volver, junto con su mujer rusa, a una republica de pequenos burgueses en cuya transformabilidad sigue creyendo; y, por ultimo, el nieto, que se pasa al Oeste el mismo dia en que el patriarca cumple noventa anos. Medio siglo de historia vivida, una novela sobre Alemania llena de sorprendentes giros y detalles, grande por su madurez humana, su precision y su humor. / This family saga centres around three generations of a family from the German Democratic Republic: the grandparents, staunch communists who take part in the creation of the new republic; their son, who escapes to Moscow when young and is later deported to a Siberian work camp, and who begins his journey on the opposite side, the Urals, in order to return, along with his Russian wife, to a republic of small bourgeoisie in whose capability for transformation he continues to believe in; and finally, the grandchild, who passes over to the West on the same day as the patriarch of the family turns ninety. Within the pages of this book lie half a century of lived history, this is a novel about Germany that is filled with surprising twists and details, great in its human maturity, its accuracy and its humour.
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