The European bestseller, an epic of two brothers, brought together and divided by betrayal, secrecy and self-delusion, spanning seventy years of German history: from the Russian Revolution, to World War II, to 1975.
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Chris Kraus, born in Gottingen in 1963, is an award-winning director, screenwriter and novelist. He lives in Berlin.
Ruth Martin studied English literature before gaining a PhD in German. She has been translating fiction and non-fiction since 2010, by authors ranging from Joseph Roth and Hannah Arendt to Nino Haratischwili and Volker Weidermann. Ruth has taught translation to undergraduates at Birkbeck and the University of Kent, and was a tutor at the 2021 Bristol Translates summer school. She is also a former co-chair of the Society of Authors Translators Association.
The European bestseller, an epic of two brothers, brought together and divided by betrayal, secrecy and self-delusion, spanning seventy years of German history: from the Russian Revolution, to World War II, to 1975.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Chris Kraus' The Bastard Factory tells the story of an entire epoch: a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning the years 1905 to 1975, taking us from Riga to Moscow, Berlin and Munich all the way to Tel Aviv.Hubert and Konstantin Solm are brothers, born in Riga at the beginning of the twentieth century, they will find themselves - along with their Jewish adopted sister, Ev Solm - caught up in in the maelstrom of their changing times.As the two brothers climb the rungs of society - working first for the government in Nazi Germany, then as agents for the Allied Forces, and eventually becoming spies for the young West Germany - Ev will be their constant companion, and eventually a lover to them both. The passionate love triangle that emerges will propel the characters to terrifying moral and political depths.The story of the Solms is also the story of twentieth-century Germany: the decline of an old world and the rise of a new one - under new auspices but with the same familiar protagonists. The European bestseller, an epic of two brothers, brought together and divided by betrayal, secrecy and self-delusion, spanning seventy years of German history: from the Russian Revolution, to World War II, to 1975. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781509879106
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Chris Kraus The Bastard Factory tells the story of an entire epoch: a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning the years 1905 to 1975, taking us from Riga and Moscow, Berlin and Munich, all the way to Tel Aviv.Hubert and Konstantin Solm are brothers, born in Riga at the beginning of the twentieth century. They will find themselves along with their Jewish adopted sister, Ev Solm caught up in in the maelstrom of their changing times.As the two brothers climb the rungs of society working first for the government in Nazi Germany, then as agents for the Allied forces, and eventually becoming spies for the young West Germany Ev will be their constant companion, and eventually a lover to them both. The passionate love triangle that emerges will propel the characters to terrifying moral and political depths.The story of the Solms is also the story of twentieth-century Germany: the decline of an old world and the rise of a new one under new auspices but with the same familiar protagonists.Translated from the German by Ruth Martin. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR013276650
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