The wall jumper /
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Modern classicsPublication details: London : Penguin, 2005Description: xiii, 139 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780141187983 (pbk.) :Uniform titles: Mauerspinger. English Subject(s): Berlin (Germany) -- Social conditions -- Fiction | Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1945-1990 -- FictionGenre/Form: Fiction in translation.DDC classification: 833.914 LOC classification: PT2680.N37Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Main Library | F .S358 1982 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 31095 |
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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.