num_pages: 224
description: Christa Wolf’s mesmerizing short novel―a bestseller in Germany―is a supreme work of political and philosophical insight by one of Europe’s great writers. Alive with myth and metaphor, rich in historical and literary allusion, it draws a nuanced, witty, and utterly compelling portrait of a person and a society close to death yet still capable of recovery.
language: English
title: In the Flesh
titlecomplete: In the Flesh (A Verba Mundi Book)
genres: Novels, Germany, Fiction, German Literature
ratings_count: 245
publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher