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The last country
- Title
- The last country / Svenja Leiber ; translated by Nika Knight.
- Author
- Leiber, Svenja, 1975-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Seagull Books, 2017.
- ©2017
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-2407 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Knight, Nika
- Description
- 294 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- " 'Ruven Preuk stands apart from the village, on an August day in 1911, and listens.' Thus begins an epic bildungsroman about the life of Ruven Preuk, son of the wainwright, child of a sleepy village in Germany's north, where life is both simple and harsh.Ruven, though, is neither. He has the ability to see sounds, leading him to discover an uncanny gift for the violin. When he meets a talented teacher in the Jewish quarter, Ruven falls under the spell of a prodigious future. But as the twentieth century looms, Ruven's pursuit of his craft takes a turn. In The Last Country, Svenja Leiber spins a tale that moves from the mansions of a disappearing aristocracy to a communist rebellion, from a joyous village wedding to a Nazi official's threats, from the First World War to the Second. As the world Ruven knows disappears, the gifted musician must grapple with an important question: to what end has he devoted himself to his art?'--Dust jacket.
- Series Statement
- The German list
- Uniform Title
- Letzte Land. English
- German list.
- Alternative Title
- Letzte Land.
- Subjects
- Germany
- German fiction
- Musicians
- Jewish families
- Jews
- Germany, Northern
- History
- German fiction > 21st century > Translations into English
- Germany > History > 20th century > Fiction
- Musicians > Germany > Fiction
- Fiction
- Conduct of life > Fiction
- Jewish families > Germany, Northern > Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Jews > Germany, Northern > Fiction
- Germany, Northern > Fiction
- 1900-2099
- Translations
- Genre/Form
- Bildungsromans.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Translations.
- Note
- Translation of : Das letzte land.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the German.
- Awards (note)
- "Winner of the 2015 Arno Reinfrank Literaturpreis"--Amazon.com
- Call Number
- JFE 18-2407
- ISBN
- 9780857424310
- 0857424319
- OCLC
- 958798851
- Author
- Leiber, Svenja, 1975- author.
- Title
- The last country / Svenja Leiber ; translated by Nika Knight.
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Seagull Books, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The German listGerman list.
- Language
- Translated from the German.
- Awards
- "Winner of the 2015 Arno Reinfrank Literaturpreis"--Amazon.com
- Chronological Term
- 1900-2099
- Added Author
- Knight, Nika, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-2407