Visitation (New Directions Paperbook)

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A bestseller in Germany, Visitation has established Jenny Erpenbeck as one of Europe’s most significant contemporary authors.

A forested property on a Brandenburg lake outside Berlin lies at the heart of this darkly sensual, elegiac novel. Encompassing over one hundred years of German history, from the nineteenth century to the Weimar Republic, from World War II to the Socialist German Democratic Republic, and finally reunification and its aftermath, Visitation offers the life stories of twelve individuals who seek to make their home in this one magical little house. The novel breaks into the everyday life of the house and shimmers through it, while relating the passions and fates of its inhabitants. Elegant and poetic, Visitation forms a literary mosaic of the last century, tearing open wounds and offering moments of reconciliation, with its drama and its exquisite evocation of a landscape no political upheaval can truly change.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Directions
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2010
Edition ‏ : ‎ 57146th
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 081121835X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811218351
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.5 x 8 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #456,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #507 in Political Fiction (Books) #4,533 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction #10,300 in Literary Fiction (Books)