This sweeping story of one family over fifty years and four generations in East Germany, a bestselling German prize winner, is utterly absorbing. This story will have huge appeal for anyone who read and enjoyed the book Stasiland by Anna Funder or the film Good Bye Lenin.
At times funny, at others simply tragic the author draws on his own family history to create a spellbinding story around this bizarre, dangerous and twisted regime.
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'Already hailed as a Cold War classic.' Boyd Tonkin, Independent Books of the Year
'Utterly absorbing, funny and humane. A romp through a twisted century in the heart of Europe.' Anna Funder, author of Stasiland
International bestseller and Winner of the German Book Prize
A sweeping story of one family over four generations in East Germany: the intertwining of love, life and politics under the GDR regime.
In Times of Fading Light features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Family Drama, Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
In Times of Fading Light is available in Paperback, Ebook
In Times of Fading Light was written by Eugen Ruge and published by Faber & Faber
In Times of Fading Light has 308 pages
£9.89
