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Woman in the Pillory 9780241718988 Paperback

A gripping, never-before-translated novella by the cult writer ofSiblingsKathrin five years into a disenchanting marriage struggles to work the farm with her sister-in-law while her...

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A gripping, never-before-translated novella by the cult writer ofSiblingsKathrin five years into a disenchanting marriage struggles to work the farm with her sister-in-law while her husband Heinrich is away fighting for the Third Reich. To help them with the harvest, Heinrich arranges for Alexei, a Russian prisoner of war, to labour in the fields. Though initially suspicious of this watchful stranger, Kathrin is soon drawn to Alexei, with ruinous consequences.First published in 1956,Woman in the Pilloryis a formative novella by one of East Germanys most significant writers, showcasing Brigitte Reimanns vivid ideological engagement with the legacy of Nazi Germany and the Communist drive to create a new kind of person following the devastation of the war.Translated by Lucy Jones

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