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02562aam a2200445 i 4500 001 C1DB54B2F5B811E283ECD580DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 121006s2013 mnu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1555976433 (trade) 020 $a 9781555976439 (trade) 035 $a (OCoLC)812252792 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d BDX $d IKG $d FOLLT $d BUR $d IK2 $d CGP $d YDXCP $d VP@ $d IX2 $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ger 043 $a e-gx--- $a e-gx--- 050 4 $a PT2718.U48 $b I513 2013 082 04 $a 833/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Ruge, Eugen, $e author. 240 10 $a In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts. $l English 245 10 $a In times of fading light : $b the story of a family / $c Eugen Ruge ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell. 264 1 $a Minneapolis, Minnesota : $b Graywolf Press, $c [2013] 300 $a 308 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Lannan translation selection 500 $a "Originally published under the title In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts"--Title page verso. 520 $a This expansive family saga, set against the backdrop of the collapse of East German communism, begins in September 2001 as Alexander Umnitzer, who has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer, leaves behind his ailing father to fly to Mexico, where his grandparents lived as exiles in the 1940s. The novel then takes us both forward and back in time, creating a panoramic view of the family's history: from Alexander's grandparents' return to the German Democratic Republic to build the socialist state, to his father's decade spent in a gulag for criticizing the Soviet regime, to his son's desire to leave the political struggles of the twentieth century in the past. With wisdom, humor, and empathy, Eugen Ruge draws on his own family history as he brings to life the tragic intertwining of politics, love, and family under the East German regime.--From publisher description. 500 $a New Book -- July -- 2013 650 0 $a Families $z Germany (East) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $z Germany $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Germany (East) $x History $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Germany $x History $y 1945-1990 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Germany $x History $y 1990- $v Fiction. 830 0 $a Lannan translation series selection. 941 $a 5 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018023726.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180907031055.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418095110.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826080137.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20130802010930.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1DB54B2F5B811E283ECD580DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search