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The Fire

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Informationen zum Autor Daniela Krien was born in 1975 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, then in the G.D.R. Her first novel, Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything , was published in English in 2013 (MacLehose Press) and in fourteen other languages. For a subsequent volume of short stories, Muldental , she was awarded the Nicolaus Born Prize. Love in Five Acts has been sold for translation into twenty languages. She lives in Leipzig with her two daughters. Klappentext In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. Vorwort In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. Zusammenfassung In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. "Quietly devastating" HANNAH BECKERMANN, Observer "A sty lish, subtle read" Woman & Home BOOK OF THE MONTH "Perfectly paced, nuanced" Saga Magazine PICK OF THE MONTH "Powerful . . . subtle and psychologically astute" Times Literary Supplement "Beautifully written" Independent How can two lovers find a way back to each other, when the pain of the past stands between them? With plans adrift after a fire burns down their rented holiday cabin, Rahel and Peter find themselves unexpectedly on an isolated farm where Rahel spent many a happy childhood summer. Suddenly, after years of navigating careers, demanding children and the monotony of the daily routine, they find themselves unable to escape each other's company. With three weeks stretching ahead, they must come to an understanding on whether they have a future together. What happens when love grows older and passion has faded? When what divides us is greater than what brought us together? And how easy is it to ask the fundamental questions about our relationships? Praise for LOVE IN FIVE ACTS: "Highly recommended" The Times "Exquisite . . . Utterly captivating" Woman and Home "Unfailingly impressive" Irish Times "Beautifully direct and lucid prose" Sydney Morning Herald "A beautiful novel" New European "Sympathetic and clear-eyed" Financial Times "An intelligent study of female ambition and frailty" Observer Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch ...

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Authors Daniela Krien
Assisted by Jamie Bulloch (Translation)
Publisher Quercus Publishing
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 08.06.2023
 
EAN 9781529421385
ISBN 978-1-5294-2138-5
No. of pages 192
Dimensions 142 mm x 220 mm x 22 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

Germany, TRAVEL / Europe / Germany, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Fiction in translation, Family life fiction, Dating, relationships, living together & marriage, FICTION / Feminist

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