Published
2013 .
Written in
Raised by a harsh Jewish single mother who prioritizes her socialist party connections over her family in mid-twentieth-century East Berlin, Thomas is forced to abandon his dream of becoming a writer while his sister, Ella, becomes increasingly introverted.
Edition Notes
| Statement | Julia Franck ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell |
| Contributions | Bell, Anthea, translator |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PT2666.R264 B33 2013 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 328 pages |
| Number of Pages | 328 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL27154244M |
| ISBN 10 | 0802121675 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780802121677, 9780802192943 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 862463363 |
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