Name: The Short end of the Sonnenallee
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Author: Thomas Brussig Introduction By Jonathan Franzen
ISBN: 9780008559359

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Physical Book

Publisher

Harpercollins

Author

Thomas Brussig Introduction By Jonathan Franzen

Year

2024

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

197 x 128 x 13 (mm)

ISBN13

9780008559359

The Short end of the Sonnenallee

Thomas Brussig Introduction By Jonathan Franzen (Author) · Harpercollins · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Short end of the Sonnenallee"

Thomas Brussig’s classic German satire, translated into English for the first time and introduced by Jonathan Franzen, is a comedic, moving account of life in East Berlin before the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Short End of the Sonnenallee, is a satire set, literally, on the Sonnenallee, the famed "boulevard of the sun" in East Berlin.

Within this boulevard lives Michael, an adolescent who faces daily ridicule whenever he steps out of his apartment building and comes into view of the observation platform on the West side. "Look, a real Zonie. Can we take your picture?" Hopelessly in love with the most beautiful girl on the street, Michael is batted away in favour of the Western boys who are free to cross the border. What chance does Michael have, and how much trouble will he get into by pursuing her?

Laugh-out-loud funny and unabashedly silly, Brussig's novel follows the bizarre, grotesque quotidian details of life in the German Democratic Republic. As this new translation shows, the ideas at its heart – freedom, democracy and life’s fundamental hilarity – hold great relevance for today.

Translated By Jonathan Franzen And Jenny Watson