{"product_id":"silent-close-no-6-paperback","title":"Silent Close No. 6 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMonika Maron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Newton Marinelli\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this extraordinary, prizewinning novel, Monika Maron says farewell to the East Germany where she grew up as the stepchild of an  lite communist official not unlike retired Professor Beerenbaum, who hires disaffected writer Rosalind Polkowski to transcribe his memoirs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortly after the Berlin Wall, which Maron loathed, fell and her country disappeared, she returned home to write this subtle yet scathing look at herself living among the thinkers, drinkers, and elderly believers who kept the communist state going to the very end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart argument with her father and cry of pain across the grave, part exploration of her own role and guilt as a follower in the GDR's sad funeral procession, \u003cem\u003eSilent Close No. 6\u003c\/em\u003e has lost none of its depth of feeling, its power or its honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her sharp feminist vision, Monika Maron spares neither foolish lovers, nor dilettantes, nor the upholders of state power - and certainly not herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is essential reading to understand the Germany of yesterday, and also that of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Icy prose.\" \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Maron writes with wit, economy and stylistic assurance.\" \u003cem\u003eTHE VILLAGE VOICE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"One of the best writers of her generation.\" \u003cem\u003eLE MONDE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonika Maron was born in wartime Berlin in 1941 to an anti-fascist mother of Polish Jewish ancestry and a German father. Her step-father was the first Minister of the Interior of the new East German state, having been chief of police. Following her early upbringing in a Communist family, Maron joined the Party in 1965, thinking to oppose \"anti-democratic\" tendencies from within the Party. She soon understood, however, that \"you cannot close up a people in a wall\". She left the Party and worked in television, as a drama school teacher, and for six years as a journalist. Silent Close No. 6 concerns one of the high Communist rulers, whose self-explanations are never allowed to justify his past actions. The novel is an important critique of Germany's recent past by one of the country's leading intellectuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 7.77 x 4.87 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737655218239,"sku":"9780930523947","price":29.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fe3fc3641f4b90ea12bfc37a9b0a37ed.webp?v=1765150632","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/silent-close-no-6-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}