Spare,chilling,with wild flashes of vivid colour and the tempo of a thriller,Siblings jolts us into the beating heart of a family and post-war East Germany,conjuring the political dreams and divisions that make and ultimately break both'Lisa Appignanesi1960. The border between East and West Germany has closed.For Elisabeth - a young painter - the GDR is her generation's chance to build a glorious,egalitarian socialist future. For her brother Uli,it is a place of stricture and oppression. Separating them is the ever-wider chasm of the Party line; over them loom the twin spectres of opportunity and fear,and the shadow of their defector brother Konrad. In prose as bold as a scarlet paint stroke,Brigitte Reimann battles with the clash of idealism and suppression,familial loyalty,and desire. The result is this ground-breaking classic of post-war East German literature.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241555835Number of pages: 144Weight: 161 gDimensions: 215 x 136 x 13 mm
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'It is hard to believe that this brilliant novel has taken so many years to find its way into English translation. Spare,chilling,with wild flashes of vivid colour and the tempo of a thriller,Siblings jolts us into the beating heart of a family and post-war East Germany,conjuring the political dreams and divisions that make and ultimately break both.'- Lisa Appignanesi
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