Schade's Passage: A Novel of Berlin 1945-1946

Schade's Passage is the first volume of a four-volume novel revolving around and in the city of Berlin in the 20th century (The Berlin Book). This volume traces the lives of various characters of various nationalities in the defeated rubble of Berlin from July 1945 to December 1946 as they come to terms with their personal and cultural situations attempting to create or recreate a stable and secure form of existence in the chaotic first years of peace on the European continent. Immediately ...