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In this remarkable novel by one of Poland's most celebrated writers, Germans flee the besieged city of Danzig in 1945. Poles driven out of eastern regions controlled by the Russians move into the homes hastily abandoned by their previous inhabitants. In an area of the city graced with beech trees and a stately cathedral, the stories of old and new residents intertwine: Hanemann, a German and a former professor of anatomy, who chooses to stay in Danzig after the mysterious death of his lover; the Polish family of the narrator, driven out of Warsaw; and a young Carpathian woman who no longer has a country, her cheerful nature concealing deep wounds.
A memorable collection of characters and a stunning evocation of place, Death in Danzig is a moving portrait of an unshakable world.
A memorable collection of characters and a stunning evocation of place, Death in Danzig is a moving portrait of an unshakable world.
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"Much of Death in Danzig's intriguing, Kleist-haunted eeriness derives from its fascination with objects, often promoted to the role of surrogate characters...It is a mark of Chwin's expertise that, while the novel figurative superstructures never quite recede into the Baltic fog, its real interest lies in the teeming human traffic below." (DJ Taylor, Independent)
"'A richly expressive novel of enforced cultural change in postwar Danzig...A beautiful book, and nothing about it is more sumptuously and expressively beautiful than Philip Boehm's translation'" (Guardian)
"Dreamlike, mournful novel." (Catherine Taylor The Guardian)
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"'A richly expressive novel of enforced cultural change in postwar Danzig...A beautiful book, and nothing about it is more sumptuously and expressively beautiful than Philip Boehm's translation'" (Guardian)
"Dreamlike, mournful novel." (Catherine Taylor The Guardian)
Widely-regarded as one of the finest European novels of recent years: a highly topical gem of a novel.
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- PublisherMariner Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0156032333
- ISBN 13 9780156032339
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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