Go, went, gone a novel
Erpenbeck, Jenny 1967-
Go, went, gone a novel Jenny Erpenbeck. Transl. from the German by Susan Bernofsky - 286 p
"Richard has spent his life as a university professor, immersed in the world of books and ideas. But now he is retired, his library remains packed up in boxes and he steps into the streets of his city, Berlin. Here, on Alexanderplatz, he discovers a new community--a group of African asylum seekers on hunger strike. Hesitantly, getting to know the new arrivals, Richard finds his life changing, as he begins to question his own sense of belonging in a city that once divided its citizens into them and us. At once a passionate contribution to the debate on race, privilege and nationality and a beautifully written examination of an ageing man's quest to find meaning in his life, Go, Went, Gone showcases one of the great contemporary European writers at the height of her powers"--Dust jacket
9781846276200
2017013730
17,A43 dnb
1140244329 DE-101
Refugees--Fiction--Europe
Fiktionale Darstellung
PT2665.R59
833.92 833.92 830 B
Go, went, gone a novel Jenny Erpenbeck. Transl. from the German by Susan Bernofsky - 286 p
"Richard has spent his life as a university professor, immersed in the world of books and ideas. But now he is retired, his library remains packed up in boxes and he steps into the streets of his city, Berlin. Here, on Alexanderplatz, he discovers a new community--a group of African asylum seekers on hunger strike. Hesitantly, getting to know the new arrivals, Richard finds his life changing, as he begins to question his own sense of belonging in a city that once divided its citizens into them and us. At once a passionate contribution to the debate on race, privilege and nationality and a beautifully written examination of an ageing man's quest to find meaning in his life, Go, Went, Gone showcases one of the great contemporary European writers at the height of her powers"--Dust jacket
9781846276200
2017013730
17,A43 dnb
1140244329 DE-101
Refugees--Fiction--Europe
Fiktionale Darstellung
PT2665.R59
833.92 833.92 830 B