The Tower (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2016
- Softcover
- New
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Paperback. The German bestseller paints a powerful, candid portrait of a family in crisis amid the turbulent fall of the Berlin WallIn derelict Dresden a cultivated, middle-class family does all it can to cope amid the Communist downfall. This striking tapestry of the East German experience is told through the tangled lives of a soldier, surgeon, nurse and publisher. With evocative detail, Uwe Tellkamp masterfully reveals the myriad perspectives of the time as people battled for individuality, retreated to nostalgia, chose to conform, or toed the perilous line between East and West. Poetic, heartfelt and dramatic, The Tower vividly resurrects the sights, scents and sensations of life in the GDR as it hurtled towards 9 November 1989. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Seller Inventory # 9780141979250
- Title
- The Tower (Paperback)
- Author
- Uwe Tellkamp
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd, London
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0141979259
- ISBN 13
- 9780141979250
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Uwe Tellkamp won the German Book Prize in 2008 for The Tower, which has sold over 800,000 copies in Germany and has been translated into over 15 languages.
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Grand Eagle Retail
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