num_pages: 288
description: Rachel Seiffert’s absorbing, internationally acclaimed debut explores the modern German psyche through the experiences of three ordinary people.At the onset of World War II, a young photographer’s assistant is kept out of the war due to a physical disability, and instead spends his time capturing on film the changing temper of Berlin, the city he loves. Just weeks after Germany’s surrender, a teenage girl whose parents have been taken into allied custody leads her siblings on a harrowing journey to find their grandmother. And two generations after the war, a teacher searches for the reason why the Russians imprisoned his beloved grandfather. Evoking the experiences of the individual with astonishing emotional depth and psychological acuity, The Dark Room develops a portrait of the twentieth century in all its drama and complexity.
language: English
title: The Dark Room
titlecomplete: The Dark Room
characters: Helmut, Hannelore Dressler (Lore), Michael (Micha)
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Short Stories, British Literature, Novels, Germany, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 2863
places: Berlin, Germany
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Guardian First Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Betty Trask Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Vintage