Couplings: A Novel
by Peter Schneider
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Eduard Hoffman is a microbiologist with an interest in relationships. He believes he's found a strain of separation virus raging in West Berlin in 1983, which terminates every relationship within three years, 167 days, and 2 hours. As Eduard attempts to evade the virus, he tangles with Germany's Nazi guilt, memories of his father, a wayward mouse, and other threats to his identity in a divided country.A little Don Giovanni, a little cafe sociology, a little laboratory science, a little show more Berlin wit--it's a pleasant mix.--Suzanne Ruta, New York Times Book Review With its poignant valedictory to its protagonists' waning youth and its rueful placing of them in the firing line of history, Couplings achieves a balance of light and dark that is utterly persuasive.--Michael Upchurch, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review" show lessTags
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I had read The Wall Jumper a few years before and managed elevated expectations. My friend Roger had selected this one for our book platform during the spring of 2000 - a particularly low period of my adult life. I read and soured, almost by the page.
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- Original title
- Paarungen
- Original publication date
- 1992
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 833.914 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures German fiction 1900- 1900-1990 1945-1990
- LCC
- PT2680 .N37 .P3313 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures German literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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- Languages
- 5 — Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 1
