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A Small Revolution in Germany (Paperback)
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A Small Revolution in Germany (Paperback)
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A Small Revolution in Germany is about growing up, or refusing to
accept what growing up means; it’s about the small dishonest
pacts that people make with their own futures; and it’s about the
rare and joyous refusal to be disillusioned. Everyone remembers
what it’s like to be seventeen. The conversations you have; the
ideas that burst on you; the kiss that transforms you. And then you
grow up, and make a deal with adulthood. A Small Revolution in
Germany is about that rapturous moment when ideas, and ideals, and
passion crash over one boy’s head. And what happens in the
decades afterwards? When you see the overwhelming truth when you
are seventeen, why should you ever abandon that truth? Â
Spike is brought into a small, clever group of friends, bursting
with a passion for ideas, and the wish to change the world. They
smash up political meetings; they paint slogans on walls; they long
for armed revolution; they argue, exuberantly, until dawn. In the
years to follow, they all change their minds, and go into the
world. They become writers, politicians, public figures. One of
them becomes famous when she dies. They all change their minds, and
make sensible compromises. Only Spike stays exactly as he is, going
on with the burning desire for change, in the safe embrace of
unconditional love. Alone from the old group, he is the only one
who has achieved nothing, and who has never deviated from the
impractical shining path of revolution he saw as a teenager. Thirty
years on, photographs of the teenage group look like a bunch of
celebrated individuals, with only one unknown face in it – Spike.
General
Imprint: |
Fourth Estate
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2021 |
Authors: |
Philip Hensher
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-832310-3 |
Categories: |
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General
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LSN: |
0-00-832310-0 |
Barcode: |
9780008323103 |
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