Sad Strains of a Gay Waltz: A Novel

by Irene Dische

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A gay love story set against the backdrop of the reunification of Germany. A gay mathematical physicist, Benedikt eschews human company, preferring calculations to emotions. Into his life come a poor Russian woman, her terrified son, and the East German ex-housekeeper of Albert Einstein.

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Kaiser, Reinhard (Translator)

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Original title
Sad Strains of a Gay Waltz
Original publication date
1993

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
833Literature & rhetoricGerman & related literaturesGerman fiction
LCC
PT2664 .I725 .F7413Language and LiteratureGerman, Dutch and Scandinavian literaturesGerman literatureIndividual authors or works1961-2000

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Dutch, English, German, Spanish
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