Bibliograph

Marrow and bone, Walter Kempowski ; translated from the German by Charlotte Collins

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Marrow and bone, Walter Kempowski ; translated from the German by Charlotte Collins

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Marrow and bone

Oclc number

1107803656

Responsibility statement

Walter Kempowski ; translated from the German by Charlotte Collins

Series statement

New York Review Books classics

Summary

"A moving, darkly funny road trip novel about World War II, returning to one's birthplace, and coming to terms with tragedy. It is 1988, the year before the Berlin Wall came down. Jonathan Fabrizius, a journalist living in West Germany, is asked to travel to the contested lands of former East Prussia - where the Nazi legacy lives on in buildings and fortifications - to write about the route for a car rally. It's a plum job, but his interest is piqued by a personal connection. Here, among the refugees fleeing the advancing Russians in 1945, he was born. Marrow and Bone is a nuanced work from one of the great modern European storytellers, in which an everyday German comes face to face with his painful family history, and devastating questions about ordinary Germans' complicity in the war."--, Provided by publisher

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