Philip Sington
â€œRemarkableâ€¦Superbly anchored in place and timeâ€¦[A] brilliant, evocative and accurate novel.â€ â€”,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 Krugâ€™s 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 goodâ€”very 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 Workersâ€™ and Peasantsâ€™ State, knowing the deceiver from the deceived, the betrayer from the betrayed, isnâ€™t just difficult: it can be a matter of life and death.,This subtle, brilliantly plotted story will remind many readers of von Donnersmarckâ€™s Oscar-winning film ,The Lives of Others,.
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