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The history of twentieth-century Germany is revealed through the lives of three ordinary Germans--a boy born with a physical deformity who works as a photographer during the 1930s, a teenage girl who takes her younger siblings on a journey through occupied Germany in search of her grandmother, and young man seeking the truth about his grandfather, imprisoned by the Russians. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Rachel Seiffert’s absorbing, internationally acclaimed debut explores the modern German psyche through the experiences of three ordinary people.At the onset of World War II, a young photographer’s assistant is kept out of the war due to a physical disability, and instead spends his time capturing on film the changing temper of Berlin, the city he loves. Just weeks after Germany’s surrender, a teenage girl whose parents have been taken into allied custody leads her siblings on a harrowing journey to find their grandmother. And two generations after the war, a teacher searches for the reason why the Russians imprisoned his beloved grandfather. Evoking the experiences of the individual with astonishing emotional depth and psychological acuity, The Dark Room develops a portrait of the twentieth century in all its drama and complexity.
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