Reading Group
Online Book Klub: “Sechs Koffer”
Read. Talk. Share.
Read our book of the month and join us for a discussion online! Simply register via Eventbrite to receive the Zoom access info. Let's keep reading and sharing experiences with the material!
Book Klub is free and open to everyone interested, but participants must purchase the individual texts themselves and are expected to have read the title to be discussed prior to the meeting.
Please note that this month’s selection is available only in German. The discussion will be in English.
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About the novel:
When the patriarch in a Russian-Jewish émigré family is executed in the midst of the Cold War, family loyalties are put to the test and dark secrets are unravelled in an accomplished and compelling story dealing with enduring themes of trust, betrayal and personal freedom. After he is denounced and executed in the Soviet Union in 1960, the patriarch’s entire family falls under suspicion. The novel switches between Prague, Zurich, Moscow and Hamburg, incorporating the perspectives of seven different relatives as they navigate the web of secrets and lies that binds them together, struggling to reconcile themselves to the turbulent events within their family circle. This literary tour de force interweaves tales of the Soviet secret service, the history of Czech postwar cinema, and accounts of Communist anti-Semitism.
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