Go, went, gone / Jenny Erpenbeck ; translated by Susan Bernofsky.
2017
Fiction
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Gehen, ging, gegangen. English
Title
Go, went, gone / Jenny Erpenbeck ; translated by Susan Bernofsky.
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Imprint
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, [2017]
Description
286 pages ; 20 cm.
Series
New Directions paperbook ; 1386.
Summary
The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation, as he visits their shelter, interviews them, and becomes embroiled in their harrowing fates. Go, Went, Gone is a scathing indictment of Western policy toward the European refugee crisis, but also a touching portrait of a man who finds he has more in common with the Africans than he realizes.
Note
Translated from the German.
"New Directions paperbook original"--Back cover.
"New Directions paperbook original"--Back cover.
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Fiction
Language
English
Awards
Translated from the German.
ISBN
9780811225946 (trade paperback)
0811225941 (trade paperback)
0811225941 (trade paperback)
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