Tango Player (Paperback)

Set in 1968 Leipzig, Christoph Hein's novel is the story of Dallow, an apolitical academic who has just returned to civilian life after serving twenty-one months in prison. His crime: he was the substitute piano player in a student cabaret in which seditious verses were sung. Dallow returns to a life in of loveless sex, police harassment, and brutality, revealing how a corrupt system perverts all human interaction, and how lives are ruined by malicious caprice.

General

Imprint:	Northwestern University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Writings from an Unbound Europe
Release date:	March 1994
First published:	March 1994
Authors:	Christoph Hein
Dimensions:	203 x 122 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-0-8101-1116-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	0-8101-1116-0
Barcode:	9780810111165

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