Description |
214 pages ; 20 cm |
Summary |
'I've been summoned. Thursday morning, ten sharp'. Thus begins the day in the life of a young factory worker in Romania. Her crime? Sewing notes into the linings of men's suits bound for Italy. 'Marry me,' the notes say, with her name and address. As she rides the tram to her interrogation, she considers her life |
Analysis |
Political fiction |
Notes |
English translation first published in the United States by Metropolitan Books, 2001 |
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Originally published in Germany: Rowohlt Verlag, 1997, under the title : Heute war ich mir lieber nicht begegnet |
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Translated from the German |
Subject |
Political fiction, Romanian.
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SUBJECT |
Romania -- Social conditions -- 1945-1989 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115027 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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Genre/Form |
Political fiction.
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Fiction.
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Author |
Boehm, Philip.
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Hulse, Michael, 1955-
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ISBN |
9781846272905 |
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