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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 gi...

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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.
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 writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, broadcast on the BBC, and widely translated. The author of highly praised novels, including Hot Milk and Swimming Home (both Man Booker Prize finalists), The Unloved , and Billy and Girl , the acclaimed story collection Black Vodka , and two parts of her working autobiography, Things I Don't Want to Know and The Cost of Living , she lives in London. Levy is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature.

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