Go, went, gone
"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 portr…
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- Full title :Go, went, gone / Jenny Erpenbeck ; translated by Susan Bernofsky.
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"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."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
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- Publication Date:2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017
The Physical Object
- Description:286 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780811225946, 0811225941
- oclc:on1033498333
- LC Classification:PT2665.R59
- Dewey Decimal:833/.92
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