Half Swimmer
by
Katja Oskamp
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1916806007
ISBN-13
9781916806009
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Imprint
Peirene Press Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 17th, 2024
Print length
152 Pages
Weight
148 grams
Dimensions
19.70 x 12.60 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Fiction in translation
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Growing up in East Germany, as the child of an army officer and a teacher, Tanja seems set up to become a model citizen of the GDR. But she has other ideas. And so does the course of history. Half Swimmer is a collection of memories from one life, following a girl as she forges her own identity under the GDR and the capitalism of a unified Germany.
Half Swimmer. Noun. A German term for one who has recently learnt to swim but hasn''t yet mastered the technique. Growing up in 1980s East Germany, as the daughter of an army officer and a teacher, Tanja seems set up to become a model citizen of the German Democratic Republic. Except she has other ideas. And so, it turns out, does the course of history. Half Swimmer is a collection of stories from one life, following a young girl as she attempts to forge her own identity under the social pressures of both the GDR, and the capitalism of a unified Germany.
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