Tante Eva
Paula Bomer
A novel about Berlin after the fall of the wall, and a family in profound crisis.
East Berlin, a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Eva, a retired nurse living in poverty in a slum-like apartment block, makes it through her day on a combination of stimulants and sleeping pills, wine and brandy, hopes of visits from her married lover, Hansi, occasional contact with her distant daughter, Elena, and conversations with her friendly teenaged neighbor, Krista. Then her American niece, Maggie, shows up with her boyfriend, Thomas. What seems at first a happy addition to her life turns as Maggie's fierce addiction to drugs reveals itself.
Tante Eva is a story that deftly takes in decades of family history and German history, estrangement, joys, and disappointments. It is a portrait of East Berlin in the years after the wall came down, and a story of a family torn apart by personalities, histories, and addictions. It is the finest work of fiction yet by Paula...
East Berlin, a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Eva, a retired nurse living in poverty in a slum-like apartment block, makes it through her day on a combination of stimulants and sleeping pills, wine and brandy, hopes of visits from her married lover, Hansi, occasional contact with her distant daughter, Elena, and conversations with her friendly teenaged neighbor, Krista. Then her American niece, Maggie, shows up with her boyfriend, Thomas. What seems at first a happy addition to her life turns as Maggie's fierce addiction to drugs reveals itself.
Tante Eva is a story that deftly takes in decades of family history and German history, estrangement, joys, and disappointments. It is a portrait of East Berlin in the years after the wall came down, and a story of a family torn apart by personalities, histories, and addictions. It is the finest work of fiction yet by Paula...
Rok:
2021
Wydawnictwo:
Soho Press
Język:
english
ISBN 10:
1641292237
ISBN 13:
9781641292238
Plik:
EPUB, 603 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2021