The Fire Above, the Mountain Below (Hardcover)

Reinhard Jirgl's strikingly individual novel The Fire Above, the Mountain Below demonstrates that he is not only unorthodox in his approach to language, but also difficult to pin down in terms of any genre. Weaving together elements of crime story, Cold War espionage, family tragedy, and a dystopian future, he creates a tapestry of fragile humanity and menacing inhumanity. The investigation of a series of gruesome killings takes a detective inspector into explorations of a secret intelligence programme in former East Germany and the role of a family with a tragic history. The more is uncovered, the more disorienting it becomes, and the reader is drawn into a complex web of discovery and suppression.

General

Imprint:	Seagull Books London Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The German List
Release date:	December 2021
Authors:	Reinhard Jirgl
Translators:	Wieland Hoban
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-85742-779-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-85742-779-2
Barcode:	9780857427793

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