Half Swimmer

Growing up in East Germany, as the child of an army officer and a teacher, Tanja seems set up to become a model citizen of the GDR. But she has other ideas. And so does the course of history. Half Swimmer is a collection of memories from one life, following a girl as she forges her own identity under the GDR and the capitalism of a unified Germany.

Summary

Growing up in East Germany, as the child of an army officer and a teacher, Tanja seems set up to become a model citizen of the GDR. But she has other ideas. And so does the course of history. Half Swimmer is a collection of memories from one life, following a girl as she forges her own identity under the GDR and the capitalism of a unified Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Katja Oskamp
• Assisted by: Jo Heinrich (Translation)
• Publisher: Peirene Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2024
• EAN: 9781916806009
• ISBN: 978-1-916806-00-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 121 mm x 194 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 150 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945)