Siblings

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

The first English translation of this stirring novel of idealist loyalty and sibling love, by one of East Germany's most important writers

1960. The border between East and West Germany has closed.

For Elisabeth - a young painter - the GDR is her generation's chance to build an egalitarian socialist future. For her brother Uli, it is a place of stricture and oppression. Separating them is the ever-wider chasm of the party line; over them loom the twin spectres of opportunity and fear, and the shadow of their defector brother Konrad. In prose as bold as a scarlet paint stroke, Brigitte Reimann battles with the clash of idealism and suppression, familial loyalty and desire. This fervid, ground-breaking novel, written when Reimann was only twenty-seven, remains one of the cult classics of East German literature.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241555835
Published: February 2023

Number of pages: 144
Width: 136 mm
Height: 215 mm
Depth: 13 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd