Visitation
Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck, published by New Directions Publishing on September 30, 2010, is a literary work that explores over a century of German history through the lens of a forested property on a Brandenburg lake outside Berlin. This edition, comprising 151 pages, presents a narrative that intertwines the life stories of twelve individuals who seek to make their home in this unique setting, reflecting the complexities of their experiences against the backdrop of significant historical events.
Readers will find that Visitation delves into the everyday life of the house, capturing the passions and fates of its inhabitants in a darkly sensual and elegiac manner. The novel encompasses themes of historical and political significance, offering a poetic exploration of the landscape and its enduring impact despite the political upheavals that have occurred. Through its elegant prose, the book forms a literary mosaic that reveals both wounds and moments of reconciliation, inviting contemplation of the past and its influence on the present.
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A bestseller in Germany, Visitation has established Jenny Erpenbeck as one of Europe’s most significant contemporary authors.
A forested property on a Brandenburg lake outside Berlin lies at the heart of this darkly sensual, elegiac novel. Encompassing over one hundred years of German history, from the nineteenth century to the Weimar Republic, from World War II to the Socialist German Democratic Republic, and finally reunification and its aftermath, Visitation offers the life stories of twelve individuals who seek to make their home in this one magical little house. The novel breaks into the everyday life of the house and shimmers through it, while relating the passions and fates of its inhabitants. Elegant and poetic, Visitation forms a literary mosaic of the last century, tearing open wounds and offering moments of reconciliation, with its drama and its exquisite evocation of a landscape no political upheaval can truly change.
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