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A brilliant new novel-evocative and philosophical, poetic and passionate.A Dutch documentary filmmaker finds himself in Berlin at the end of the twentieth century, trying to make sense of his own past in a city where every stone bears traces of history. Having lost his wife and child in an... read more
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Arthur Daane was several steps away from Schoeler's Bookstore before he realized that a word had stuck in his head and that he had already translated it into his own language.
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This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 83 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Cloudsplitter, and followed by The Talk of the Town.
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 839.31364
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