{"product_id":"9780241555842","title":"Siblings","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Reimann, Brigitte \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEast Germany, DDR\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 February 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 9 | 114g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Spare, chilling, with wild flashes of vivid colour and the tempo of a thriller, Siblings jolts us into the beating heart of a family and post-war East Germany, conjuring the political dreams and divisions that make and ultimately break both' Lisa Appignanesi1960. The border between East and West Germany has closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Elisabeth - a young painter - the GDR is her generation's chance to build a glorious, egalitarian socialist future. For her brother Uli, it is a place of stricture and oppression. Separating them is the ever-wider chasm of the Party line; over them loom the twin spectres of opportunity and fear, and the shadow of their defector brother Konrad. In prose as bold as a scarlet paint stroke, Brigitte Reimann battles with the clash of idealism and suppression, familial loyalty, and desire. The result is this ground-breaking classic of post-war East German literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Lucy Jones\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491278733698,"sku":"9780241555842","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780241555842.jpg?v=1753742977","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780241555842","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}