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Kairos
Winner of the International Booker Prize
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Kairos
From an internationally acclaimed, multi award-winning author: this is a story of love and betrayal set in Berlin during the years before and after the fall of the Wall.
From an internationally acclaimed, multi award-winning author: this is a story of love and betrayal set in Berlin during the years before and after the fall of the Wall.
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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.
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Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck is lauded for its deep examination of both personal and collective histories. Critics praise its emotionally resonant narrative that intertwines love, betrayal, and the socio-political backdrop of East Germany. Reviewers highlight Erpenbeck's masterful portrayal of human emotions set against historical upheavals, applauding the novel's ambition, complexity, and rich symbolism.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781783786121
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 June 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Contributors:
- Translated by Michael Hofmann
- Translated by Michael Hofmann
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 413g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Jenny Erpenbeck is the author of The Old Child & The Book of Words (2008), Visitation (2010) and The End of Days (2014, winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize), and Go, Went, Gone (2017). as well as Not a Novel: Collected Writings and Reflections (2020). Her work is translated into over thirty languages.
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