Half Swimmer-9781916806009

Half Swimmer

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Author(s): Oskamp, Katja,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 17/09/2024,
Pagination: 152 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Peirene Press Ltd,
Published By: Peirene Press Ltd,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
Dimensions: 197 x 126 x 13
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781916806009

Half Swimmer. 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 up 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. This is a collection of memories from one life, following a girl as she attempts to forge her own identity under the social pressures of both the GDR, and the capitalism of a unified Germany.

‘Katja Oskamp knows how to capture the essence of people beautifully. They really come to life in her portraits.’ – Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany