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The fire above, the mountain below / Reinhard Jirgl ; translated by Wieland Hoban.
Van Pelt Library PT2670.I74 O2413 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jirgl, Reinhard, 1953- author.
- Series:
- German list
- The German list
- Standardized Title:
- Oben das Feuer, unten der Berg. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Murder--Investigation.
- Political prisoners--Family relationships.
- Political prisoners.
- Foster children.
- Germany (East).
- Foster children--Germany (East)--Fiction.
- Political prisoners--Family relationships--Germany (East)--Fiction.
- Germany (East)--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 302 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Seagull Books, 2021.
- Summary:
- "Reinhard Jirgl's strikingly individual novel The Fire Above, the Mountain Below demonstrates that he is not only unorthodox in his approach to language, but also difficult to pin down in terms of any genre. Weaving together elements of crime story, Cold War espionage, family tragedy, and a dystopian future, he creates a tapestry of fragile humanity and menacing inhumanity. The investigation of a series of gruesome killings takes a detective inspector into explorations of a secret intelligence programme in former East Germany and the role of a family with a tragic history. The more is uncovered, the more disorienting it becomes, and the reader is drawn into a complex web of discovery and suppression."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: The Fire Above, The Mountain Below.
- Notes:
- Translated from the German.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780857427793
- 0857427792
- OCLC:
- 1255805395
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