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The innocent Bruno tells the saga of the Zeller family who fled East Germany and nurtured a military practice field into a blossoming tree nursery, only to destroy their success with greed and jealousy
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Through the limited viewpoint of the confused and vulnerable Bruno, this novel provides a complex commentary both on the decline of a family and on the wider history of post-war Germany. The author has won a number of literary awards, including the Thomas Mann Prize.
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