Philippe Claudel: German Fantasia [2023] paperback Condition:New 'A stark reminder that barriers

'A stark reminder that barriers can never cut people off entirely but only succeed in driving them underground

and everyone she saved is at risk again with a full-scale enclave war on the horizon

her daughter's definition of family is not one she can accept

Man-Eating Dandelion of Doom

Philippe Claudel: German Fantasia [2023] paperback Condition:New 'A stark reminder that barriersA deserting soldier treks through the torn up countryside and abandoned villages, trying to distance himself from the atrocities of war. An elderly man sits beneath lime trees, remembering his first sexual encounter one summer night with a female stranger who whispered another man's name. A young woman takes up a job in a care home, spending monotonous days scrubbing floors and yearning to dance at the local nightclub. The artist Franz Marc lives on