The history of history : a novel of Berlin
Title:
The history of history : a novel of Berlin
Author:
Hattemer-Higgins, Ida
ISBN:
9780571250516
Publication Information:
London : Faber and Faber, 2012
Physical Description:
319 p. ; 20 cm
Abstract:
A young American woman stumbles one morning from the forest outside Berlin - hands dirty, clothes torn. She can remember nothing of the night. She returns to the life she once knew, but soon an enigmatic letter arrives from an unknown doctor claiming to be 'concerned for her fate'. Shortly after, the city of Berlin transforms. Nazi ghosts manifest as preening falcons; buildings turn to flesh.
Subject:
| Amnesiacs -- Fiction |
| Americans -- Germany -- Berlin -- Fiction |
| Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction |
Summary:
A young American woman stumbles one morning from the forest outside Berlin - hands dirty, clothes torn. She can remember nothing of the night. She returns to the life she once knew, but soon an enigmatic letter arrives from an unknown doctor claiming to be 'concerned for her fate'. Shortly after, the city of Berlin transforms. Nazi ghosts manifest as preening falcons; buildings turn to flesh.