West
By: Julia Franck ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell
Contributors: Bell, Anthea, translator
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781846555053; 9781446485019
Subjects: Refugee camps; Fiction; Refugees
Work titles: Lagerfeuer
Description: Scientiest Nelly Senff is desperate to escape her life in East Berlin. The father of her two children has supposedly committed suicide, and she wants to leave behind the prying eyes of the Stasi. 'West' is a devastating portrait of a mother in turmoil, trying to do the best for her children, as she attempts to escape her past and start a new life."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Translated from the German.