ARGONAUT BOOKS

A story of the 20th century, told through the various lives of one woman. She is a baby who barely survives and suffocates in the cradle - or perhaps not? She lives to become an adult and dies loved. Or dies betrayed. Or perhaps not? Reviews [An] absolute must-read. It has stunned and moved everyone who has read itIndependent - Arifa AkbarA short, musical novel... philosophically and technically ambitious... shot through with an insight that almost blinds... Erpenbeck's Chekhovian talent for letting us into the shifting consciousness of her characters' various incarn...Read More