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The Valley of Unknowing - RemarkableSuperbly anchored in place and time[A] brilliant, evocative and accurate novel. The Times (London) In the twilight years of Communist East Germany, Bruno Krug, author of a single world-famous novel written twenty years earlier, falls for Theresa Aden, a music student from the West. But Theresa has also caught the eye of a cocky young scriptwriter who delights in satirizing Krugs work. Asked to appraise a mysterious manuscript, Bruno is disturbed to find that the author is none other than his rival. Disconcertingly, the book is goodvery good. But there is hope for the older man: the unwelcome masterpiece is dangerously political. Krug decides that if his affair with Theresa is to prove more than a fling, he must employ a small deception. But in the Workers and Peasants State, knowing the deceiver from the deceived, the betrayer from the betrayed, isnt just difficult: it can be a matter of life and death. This subtle, brilliantly plotted story will remind many readers of von Donnersmarcks Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others.
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⚡️Book Title : The Valley of Unknowing
⚡Book Author : Philip Sington
⚡Page : 298 pages
⚡Published December 3rd 2012 by W. W. Norton Company (first published April 1st 2012)
Read E-Book Online The Valley of Unknowing
⚡️Book Title : The Valley of Unknowing
⚡Book Author : Philip Sington
⚡Page : 298 pages
⚡Published December 3rd 2012 by W. W. Norton Company (first published April 1st 2012)
The Valley of Unknowing
RemarkableSuperbly anchored in place and time[A] brilliant, evocative and accurate novel. The Times (London) In the twilight years of Communist East Germany, Bruno Krug, author of a single world-famous novel written twenty years earlier, falls for Theresa Aden, a music student from the West. But Theresa has also caught the eye of a cocky young scriptwriter who delights in satirizing Krugs work. Asked to appraise a mysterious manuscript, Bruno is disturbed to find that the author is none other than his rival. Disconcertingly, the book is goodvery good. But there is hope for the older man: the unwelcome masterpiece is dangerously political. Krug decides that if his affair with Theresa is to prove more than a fling, he must employ a small deception. But in the Workers and Peasants State, knowing the deceiver from the deceived, the betrayer from the betrayed, isnt just difficult: it can be a matter of life and death. This subtle, brilliantly plotted story will remind many readers of von Donnersmarcks Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others.
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