From the Publisher
Thoughtful and reflective. . . . Highly recommended for both personal and public library audiobook fiction collections.”
—Library Bookwatch
“Simon Vance does an excellent job. . . . The panoramic tale is among the best audiobooks of the year; recommended to all listeners.”
—Library Journal [starred review]
Library Bookwatch
A shrewd and very knowing novel, slippery with the truth and packed tight with compressed tension, and written by a talented new voice.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Outstanding. . . . A fascinating inside view of the GDR.”
—Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Die Welt
Ruge’s characters have a fully rounded existence beyond their own period. . . . The time is ripe for this clear, humorous, and understanding look at the subject.”
—Die Tageszeitung
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
A novel full of the wisdom of experience.”
—Die Zeit
Die Zeit
A deeply plaintive examination of personal and political tragedy.”
—Booklist [HC starred review]
Philip Kerr
Ruge takes full advantage of the varying viewpoints to display, impressively, the density of family.”
—Kirkus
Booklist
Combining dense, full-bodied storytelling with an enlightening sense of modern history.”
—Publishers Weekly
Die Tageszeitung
Ruge’s characters have a fully rounded existence beyond their own period. . . . The time is ripe for this clear, humorous, and understanding look at the subject.”
—Die Tageszeitung
