Silent Close No.6
In this extraordinary, prizewinning novel, Monika Maron says farewell to the East Germany where she grew up as the stepchild of an élite communist official not unlike retired Professor Beerenbaum, who hires disaffected writer Rosalind Polkowski to transcribe his memoirs.
Maron''s sharp feminist vision, intellectual power and honesty remain essential to understand the Germany of today, where old dem...
In this extraordinary, prizewinning novel, Monika Maron says farewell to the East Germany where she grew up as the stepchild of an élite communist official not unlike retired Professor Beerenbaum, who hires disaffected writer Rosalind Polkowski to transcribe his memoirs.
Maron''s sharp feminist vision, intellectual power and honesty remain essential to understand the Germany of today, where old dem...
