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Kruso (Hardcover)
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Kruso (Hardcover)
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List price R558
Loot Price R465
Discovery Miles 4 650
You Save R93 (17%)
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The lyrical, bestselling 2014 German Book Prize winner. It is 1989,
and a young literature student named Ed, fleeing unspeakable
tragedy, travels to the Baltic island of Hiddensee. Long shrouded
in myth, the island is a notorious destination for hippies,
idealists, and those at odds with the East German state. On the
island, Ed stumbles upon the Klausner, Hiddensee's most popular
restaurant, and ends up washing dishes there, despite his lack of
papers. Although he is keen to remain on the sidelines, Ed feels
drawn towards the charismatic Kruso, unofficial leader of the
seasonal workers. Everyone dances to Kruso's tune. He is on a
mission - but to what end, and at what cost? Ed finds himself drawn
ever deeper into the island's rituals, and ever more in need of
Kruso's acceptance and affection. As the wave of history washes
over the German Democratic Republic, the friends' grip on reality
loosens and life on the island will never be the same. PRAISE FOR
LUTZ SEILER 'An enigmatic Bildungsroman, adapting the literary
trope of the island refuge to the dying days of East German
socialism ... English readers can delight in this prizewinning
translation from Tess Lewis, which renders Seiler's vision in prose
of startling clarity.' The Saturday Age 'Kruso [is] the first
worthy successor to Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain to appear in
contemporary German literature.' Der Spiegel
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