| Description |
286 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
Translated from the German. |
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"New Directions paperbook original"--from back cover. |
| Summary |
The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation, as he visits their shelter, interviews them, and becomes embroiled in their harrowing fates. Go, Went, Gone is a scathing indictment of Western policy toward the European refugee crisis, but also a touching portrait of a man who finds he has more in common with the Africans than he realizes. |
| Subject |
Refugees -- Europe -- Fiction.
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Widowers -- Fiction.
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Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction.
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Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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FICTION / Literary.
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FICTION / Psychological.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
Bernofsky, Susan, translator.
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| ISBN |
9780811225946 (trade paperback) |
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0811225941 (trade paperback) |
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