Kairos
€14.76
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781783786138 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenny Erpenbeck |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.218 |
| Publishing Date | 11/04/2024 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.92 |
| Tax | €0.84 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.76 |
| Availability | 19 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024'An ambitious story of love and betrayal' - Irish Times'The ending is like a bomb thrown into your room -- you'll be reeling for days and weeks to come.' - Neel MukherjeeBerlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single night he cannot forgive her and a dangerous crack forms between them, opening up a space for cruelty, punishment and the exertion of power. And the world around them is changing too: as the GDR begins to crumble, so too do all the old certainties and the old loyalties, ushering in a new era whose great gains also involve profound loss. From a prize-winning German writer, this is the intimate and devastating story of the path of two lovers through the ruins of a relationship, set against the backdrop of a seismic period in European history.