Brecht's Mistress

by Jacques-Pierre Amette and Keah Brown

Book Overview

A fictional story based on the final years of playwright Bertolt Brecht, Brecht's Mistress is a literary Cold War thriller that recalls le Carr? (Daily Telegraph) in its evocation of the grim world of postwar East Germany and its depiction of personal destinies intertwined with superpower rivalry.

Inspired by an actual photograph taken of Brecht and a beautiful unknown young woman, Amette's novel opens on October 22, 1948, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595580190
• ISBN13: 9781595580191
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"