Go, went, gone: a novel
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 portra…
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- Full title :Go, went, gone : a novel / Jenny Erpenbeck ; translated from the German 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.
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- Publication Date:2017.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):New Directions Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (286 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780811225953, 081122595X
- oclc:on1004273209
- LC Classification:PT2665.R59
- Dewey Decimal:833/.92
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