At home, incipient spring had been in evidence. Late January was
mild and in London the trees showed buds. But after he began to
travel East, it became colder. By the time the Elbe was crossed,
the ground was fast with snow in all directions, and the river
moved under grinding floes of ice. As the train stopped, the cook
announced with an ironic smile he would grow used to, that Mitroba
smile, 'Berlin Haupstadt der DDR. Wilkommen!'. Two decades after
the Wall tumbled down, Winter in Berlin evokes everyday life in the
shadowy world of the Soviet-controlled German Democratic Republic.
Throughout this atmospheric novella 'the scholar' remains
anonymous. Who is he and what is his motivation for being in the
GDR, a police state where freedom means something different to
everyone and trust is the scarcest commodity? Fearing that intimacy
may be no more than a trap, he nevertheless slides into a
relationship with a young Bulgarian woman. Behind the Wall many
eyes are watching, but can he see himself clearly any more? Forced
to interrogate the usefulness of his own idealism, the scholar
finally comes up against the walls that limit an individual's
influence on history.
General
Imprint: |
Luath Press Ltd
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2009 |
First published: |
February 2010 |
Authors: |
Ian R. Mitchell
|
Dimensions: |
211 x 137 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
192 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-906817-10-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-906817-10-3 |
Barcode: |
9781906817107 |
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