{"product_id":"9780008559359","title":"The Short End of the Sonnenallee","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Brussig, Thomas \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 11\/04\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 160 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008559359,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A kind of miracle … Not only made me laugh (again and again) but brought tears to my eyes’ Jonathan Franzen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘One of the most brilliant satirical novels about life in East Berlin’ New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Thomas Brussig’s classic German satire, translated into English for the first time and introduced by Jonathan Franzen, is a comedic, moving account of life in East Berlin before the Fall of the Berlin Wall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The Short End of the Sonnenallee, is a satire set, literally, on the Sonnenallee, the famed 'boulevard of the sun' in East Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Within this boulevard lives Michael, an adolescent who faces daily ridicule whenever he steps out of his apartment building and comes into view of the observation platform on the West side. 'Look, a real Zonie. Can we take your picture?' Hopelessly in love with the most beautiful girl on the street, Michael is batted away in favour of the Western boys who are free to cross the border. What chance does Michael have, and how much trouble will he get into by pursuing her?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Laugh-out-loud funny and unabashedly silly, Brussig's novel follows the bizarre, grotesque quotidian details of life in the German Democratic Republic. As this new translation shows, the ideas at its heart – freedom, democracy and life’s fundamental hilarity – hold great relevance for today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Gentle comedy … Funny, rueful’ Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42662119342124,"sku":"9780008559359","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9780008559359.jpg?v=1708333462","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.pro\/products\/9780008559359","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}