The end of days

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A story of the 20th century, told through the various lives of one woman. She is a baby who barely survives and suffocates in the cradle – or perhaps not? She lives to become an adult and dies loved. Or dies betrayed. Or perhaps not?

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Winner of the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction PrizeFrom one of the most daring voices in European fiction, this is a story of the twentieth century traced through the various possible lives of one woman. She is a baby who barely suffocates in the cradle. Or perhaps not? She lives to become as an adult and dies beloved. Or dies betrayed. Or perhaps not? Her memory is honoured. Or she is forgotten by everyone. Moving from a small Galician town at the turn of the century, through pre-war Vienna and Stalin’s Moscow to present-day Berlin, Jenny Erpenbeck homes in on the moments when life follows a particular branch and ‘fate’ suddenly emerges from the sly interplay between history, character and pure chance. The End of Days is a novel that pulls apart the threads of destiny and allows us to see the present and the past anew.

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Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

239

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

833.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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