The Leipzig Affair
Seiten
2014
AURORA METRO BOOKS (Verlag)
978-1-906582-97-5 (ISBN)
AURORA METRO BOOKS (Verlag)
978-1-906582-97-5 (ISBN)
A literary thriller set in 1980s' East Germany, The Leipzig Affair is a gripping tale of personal and political betrayal.
•Winner of the Virginia Prize for Fiction, 2013
•Nominated for Scottish First Book of the Year Award 2015, Saltire Society
•BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime
A tale of love, betrayal and redemption in the dying days of the Cold War.
The year is 1985. East Germany is in the grip of communism. Magda, a brilliant but disillusioned young linguist, is desperate to flee to the West. When a black market deal brings her into contact with Robert, a young Scot studying at Leipzig University, she sees a way to realise her escape plans. But as Robert falls in love with her, he stumbles into a complex world of shifting half-truths - one that will undo them both.
Many years later, long after the Berlin Wall has been torn down, Robert returns to Leipzig in search of answers. Can he track down the elusive Magda? And will the past give up its secrets?
•Winner of the Virginia Prize for Fiction, 2013
•Nominated for Scottish First Book of the Year Award 2015, Saltire Society
•BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime
A tale of love, betrayal and redemption in the dying days of the Cold War.
The year is 1985. East Germany is in the grip of communism. Magda, a brilliant but disillusioned young linguist, is desperate to flee to the West. When a black market deal brings her into contact with Robert, a young Scot studying at Leipzig University, she sees a way to realise her escape plans. But as Robert falls in love with her, he stumbles into a complex world of shifting half-truths - one that will undo them both.
Many years later, long after the Berlin Wall has been torn down, Robert returns to Leipzig in search of answers. Can he track down the elusive Magda? And will the past give up its secrets?
Fiona Rintoul is a writer and translator based in Glasgow in Scotland. She writes fiction and articles, and translates from German and French into English. Fiona’s poems and short stories have appeared in anthologies and magazines, including Mslexia and Gutter, and she is a past winner of the Gillian Purvis New Writing Award and the Sceptre Prize.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.5.2015 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Twickenham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller |
| ISBN-10 | 1-906582-97-1 / 1906582971 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-906582-97-5 / 9781906582975 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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