Alice
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Alice

Translated from the original German by Margot Bettauer Dembo

ABOUT
THE BOOK

When someone very close to you dies your whole life changes. Everything is different. Alice is the central figure in these five inter-connected narratives, which tell of her life at times of loss. Suddenly it is no longer possible to say what the person looked like, how he spoke, cursed, smiled, how he lived his life. Objects are left behind, books, letters, pictures and every now and again you think you can see them in a crowd. Judith Hermann tells of days of transition, of waiting, of holding on and letting go – and of how clear and dazzling such days can sometimes be.Alice is a book of extraordinary power and great literary beauty from one of Europe’s finest writers.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Judith
Hermann

Judith Hermann was born in Berlin in 1970. She is the author of Alice, The Summer House, Later and Nothing but Ghosts, which have received a number of literary awards including the Kleist Prize. She lives and works in Berlin.

Judith Hermann was born in Berlin in 1970. She is the author of Alice, The Summer House, Later and Nothing but Ghosts, which have received a number of literary awards including the Kleist Prize. She lives and works in Berlin.

NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

A book of literary beauty and remarkable power from one of Germany’s finest writers. Alice is the central character in the five interconnected episodes, which tell of her life at times of death of five men who are related to her either by love or blood.

A wonderfully written voyage across love and loss through five interconnected stories.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
04/08/2011
Country
Germany
Original Language
German
Publisher
Clerkenwell Press
Translator
Margot Bettauer Dembo
Translation
Translated from the original German by Margot Bettauer Dembo

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