Stasi Child - Couverture souple

Young, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785770470 ISBN 13 : 9781785770470

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

A terrific novel - absolutely compelling and chilling. A wonderfully astute and forensic blend of fact and fiction, lies and truth. (William Boyd)

This is a brilliantly unsettling book; its shrewd, measured, darkly atmospheric prose describes the societal, familial and psychological conditions that make it possible to find burnt corpses in fire-proof houses. (Helen Oyeyemi)

A brilliant piece of work, which takes a cleaver to Zimbabwe - splitting it wide open for all to see. Fascinating, enjoyable, compact and driving (Jesse Armstrong, writer, The Thick of It)

Muscular, confident . . . C . B. George's account of that strained relationship is horribly convincing . . . As the characters stumble into each others' trajectories, the author pulls off the feat of being both forensic and forgiving (Spectator)

This debut is well worth reading...George offers a range of keenly observed representations, from expatriate malaise to the sheer difficulty of poverty; his psychologies are subtle and wry, his honesties amuse as much as they wound and he displays a ventriloquist's talent for voices as various as the black American and white Zimbabwean (Literary Review) --Reviews

Compelling . . . Political instability registers as a quiet quake beneath the feet of ordinary people, tilting them this way and that, as they attempt to navigate everyday matters of family, love and betrayal . . . Intimate and revealing (Guardian) --reviews

Book of the Year (Louise Doughty Observer) --reviews

Présentation de l'éditeur :

East Berlin, 1975: When Oberleutnant Karin Muller is called to investigate a girl's body at the foot of the Wall, she realises this is a death like no other. It seems the girl was trying to escape - but from the West. The Stasi want her to discover the identity of the girl, but assure Muller the case is otherwise closed. This is not a regime that tolerates a curious mind, and Muller doesn't realise that the trail she's following will lead her dangerously close to home...

À propos de cette édition

• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1785770470
• ISBN 13: 9781785770470
• Reliure: Broché