Bruno Krug, celebrated author and secret Stasi informer, is ready to confess... In the twilight years of Communist East Germany, Bruno Krug, writer, womaniser and People's Champion of Art and Culture, falls for Theresa Aden, a music student from the West. But Theresa has also caught the eye of a cocky young scriptwriter who delights in satirising Krug's latter-day offerings. Asked to appraise a mysterious manuscript, Bruno finds himself in a quandary when the anonymous author turns out to be none other than his rival. ...
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Bruno Krug, celebrated author and secret Stasi informer, is ready to confess... In the twilight years of Communist East Germany, Bruno Krug, writer, womaniser and People's Champion of Art and Culture, falls for Theresa Aden, a music student from the West. But Theresa has also caught the eye of a cocky young scriptwriter who delights in satirising Krug's latter-day offerings. Asked to appraise a mysterious manuscript, Bruno finds himself in a quandary when the anonymous author turns out to be none other than his rival. Disconcertingly, the book is good - very good. But there is hope for the older man: the unwelcome masterpiece is also dangerously political. The enamoured Krug decides that if his affair with Theresa is to prove more than a fling, he must employ a small deception. But in the Workers' and Peasants' State, knowing the deceiver from the deceived, the betrayer from the betrayed, isn't just difficult: it can be a matter of life and death. The Valley of Unknowing is both a moving and entertaining love story and a seductive thriller, one that pits the past against the future, commerce against creativity, and art against life.
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New. Remarkable Superbly anchored in place and time [A] brilliant, evocative and accurate novel. The Times (London)" Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580. 2013. Hardback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Outline: -Bruno Krug celebrated author and secret Stasi informer is ready to confess...In the twilight years of Communist East Germany Bruno Krug writer womaniser and People`s Champion of Art and Culture falls for Theresa Aden a music student from the West. But Theresa has also caught the eye of a cocky young scriptwriter who delights in satirising Krug`s latter-day offerings. Asked to appraise a mysterious manuscript Bruno finds himself in a quandary when the anonymous author turns out to be none other than his rival. Disconcertingly the book is good-very good. But there is hope for the older man: the unwelcome masterpiece is also dangerously political. The enamoured Krug decides that if his affair with Theresa is to prove more than a fling he must employ a small deception. But in the Workers` and Peasants` State knowing the deceiver from the deceived the betrayer from the betrayed isn`t just difficult: it can be a matter of life and death. The Valley of Unknowing is both a moving and entertaining love story and a seductive thriller one that pits the past against the future commerce against creativity and art against life. -> the publisher of this LARGE HARDBACK book is Harvill Secker The date of this copy is 2012 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
