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Richard, a retired classics professor in Berlin, faces the emptiness that follows his wife's death. One day he observes African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz, which sparks a deep curiosity and compassion in him. He visits their shelter, interviews the refugees, and becomes deeply involved in their harrowing circumstances. Through his journey, the novel presents a powerful critique of Western policies on the European refugee crisis while showing how a solitary widower discovers unexpected commonality with those he initially saw as outsiders.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Jenny Erpenbeck
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