Schneider, Peter, 1940-
The wall jumper / Peter Schneider ; with an introduction by Ian McEwan ; translated by Leigh Hafrey. - London : Penguin, 2005. - xiii, 139 p. ; 20 cm. - Modern classics .
With an introduction by Ian McEwan, 'The Wall Jumper' is a novella that captures the mood of Cold War Berlin. The characters are all, in their different ways, wall jumpers, trying to lose themselves. Ultimately, the walls inside their heads prove to be more powerful than any man-made barrier.
Translated from the German.
9780141187983 (pbk.) : �7.99
Berlin (Germany)--Social conditions--Fiction.
Berlin (Germany)--History--1945-1990--Fiction.
Fiction in translation.
PT2680.N37
833.914
The wall jumper / Peter Schneider ; with an introduction by Ian McEwan ; translated by Leigh Hafrey. - London : Penguin, 2005. - xiii, 139 p. ; 20 cm. - Modern classics .
With an introduction by Ian McEwan, 'The Wall Jumper' is a novella that captures the mood of Cold War Berlin. The characters are all, in their different ways, wall jumpers, trying to lose themselves. Ultimately, the walls inside their heads prove to be more powerful than any man-made barrier.
Translated from the German.
9780141187983 (pbk.) : �7.99
Berlin (Germany)--Social conditions--Fiction.
Berlin (Germany)--History--1945-1990--Fiction.
Fiction in translation.
PT2680.N37
833.914