Death In Danzig - Couverture souple

Chwin, Stefan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099481367 ISBN 13 : 9780099481362

Editeur : Vintage, 2006

Synopsis

This book presents a moving portrait of people in transition - between old and new, life and death. Germans flee the besieged city of Danzig in 1945. Poles driven out of eastern regions by the Russians move into the homes hastily abandoned by their previous inhabitants. In an area of the city graced with beech trees and a stately cathedral, the stories of old and new residents intertwine: Hanemann, a German and a former professor of anatomy, who chooses to stay in Danzig after the mysterious death of his lover; the Polish family of the narrator, driven out of Warsaw; and a young Carpathian woman who no longer has a country, her cheerful nature concealing deep wounds. Through his brilliantly defined characters, stunning evocation of place, and memorable description of remnants of a world that was German but survives in Polish households, Chwin has created a reality that is beyond destruction.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

A literary critic, essayist, novelist, and illustrator, Stefan Chwin is one of the most acclaimed writers in Europe today. Death in Danzig is his first novel to be translated into English. He lives and teaches in Gdansk, Poland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099481367
• ISBN 13: 9780099481362
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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• Personne responsable: non disponible