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Death in Rome by Wolfgang Koeppen (tr Michael Hofmann)
Category: Fiction
A powerful novel about family and society in post-war Germany. In Rome, four members of a German family are reunited by chance. A young composer, Siegfried; his estranged father, Freidrich, who held office under the Nazis and is once more making his way in public life, this time as a democratically el ...Show more
The Hothouse by Wolfgang Koeppen (tr Michael Hofmann)
Category: Fiction
Set in post-Nazi Germany, The Hothouse follows one character's decession into depression as he returns to the city of Bonn The Hothouse refers to the city of Bonn, with its warm damp climate, but it also refers to the political environment of the temporary capital of divided Germany, where politics in ...Show more
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