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Uwe Timm's much older brother, Karl Heinz, was a soldier with the SS in Hitler's Germany. In 1943, he was badly wounded, and then died, devastating the family--and leaving Uwe with only one hazy memory of his brother. After the death of his parents and his sister, Timm was able to write about Karl Heinz at last, and in this moving memoir he explores his brother's life, his own feelings about what the death meant, and the broader questions of German guilt and individual responsibility.
| Size | | Length: | 150 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
"A memoir not of a brother but of his absence from the author's life and family....Timm works through, beautifully, his sense of an unknowable figure who, 60 years later, continues to loom large in his consciousness. At the same time, a good deal of the book goes toward unpacking the ways in which national identity informs personal identity...."
Publishers Weekly (01/31/2005)
"[A]tmospheric and eloquent....Timm is a marvellous writer, well served here by his translator, Anthea Bell."
Literary Review - Jonathan Mirsky (04/01/2005)
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