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The man who saw everything

It is 1988 and Saul Adler, a narcissistic young historian, has been invited to Communist East Berlin to do research; in exchange, he must publish a favorable essay about the German Democratic Republic. As a gift for his translator's sister, a Beatles fanatic who will be his host, Saul's girlfriend w...

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Main Author: Levy, Deborah (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
Subjects:
Historians > Fiction.
Life change events > Fiction.
Germany (East) > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Summary:It is 1988 and Saul Adler, a narcissistic young historian, has been invited to Communist East Berlin to do research; in exchange, he must publish a favorable essay about the German Democratic Republic. As a gift for his translator's sister, a Beatles fanatic who will be his host, Saul's girlfriend will shoot a photograph of him standing in the crosswalk on Abbey Road, an homage to the famous album cover. As he waits for her to arrive, he is grazed by an oncoming car, which changes the trajectory of his life.
Physical Description:199 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:1632869845
9781632869845
Author Notes:Deborah Levy , a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, widely broadcast on the BBC, and translated into fourteen languages. Her works include the novels Hot Milk and Swimming Home (both Man Booker Prize finalists), The Unloved , and Billy and Girl ; the story collection Black Vodka ; and the non-fiction Living Autobiography Trilogy: Things I Don't Want to Know , Cost of Living , and Real Estate . She lives in London.

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