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“katja oskamp”

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  • Marzahn, Mon Amour

    by Katja Oskamp ...
    Translated by Jo Heinrich ...
    A woman approaching the 'invisible years' of middle age abandons her failing writing career to retrain as a chiropodist in the East Berlin suburb of Marzahn, once the GDR's largest prefabricated housing estate. From her intimate vantage point at the foot of the clinic chair, she observes her clients and co-workers, listening to their stories with empathy and curiosity. Part memoir, part collective ... Read more

    $9.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Marzahn, Mon Amour

    by Katja Oskamp ...
    Translated by Jo Heinrich ...
    WINNER OF THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2023. As heard on BBC Radio 4 ‘Book at Bedtime’, August 2022 Shortlisted for The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation and the TA First Translation Prize. Spiegel bestseller, selected for Berlin Reads One Book 2021. Over 180,000 copies sold worldwide. A woman approaching the ‘invisible years’ of middle age abandons her failing writing career to retrain as a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Half Swimmer

    by Katja Oskamp ...
    Translated by Jo Heinrich ...
    Half Swimmer. Noun. A German term for one who has recently learnt to swim but hasn't yet mastered the technique. Growing up in 1980s East Germany, as the daughter of an army officer and a teacher, Tanja seems set to become a model citizen of the German Democratic Republic. Except she has other ideas. And so, it turns out, does the course of history. Half Swimmer is a collection of stories from one ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

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    Marzahn, Mon Amour

    by Katja Oskamp ...
    Narrated by Angeline Armstrong ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 44 min

    A woman approaching the ‘invisible years’ of middle age abandons her failing writing career to retrain as a chiropodist in the East Berlin suburb of Marzahn, once the GDR’s largest prefabricated housing estate. From her intimate vantage point at the foot of the clinic chair, she observes her clients and co-workers, listening to their stories with empathy and curiosity. Part memoir, part collective ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBooks

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