Remote Sympathy

by Catherine Chidgey

Book Overview

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

An exquisitely readable, polyphonic novel of domestic drama and human connection set in and around a concentration camp in Germany during the second world war and its aftermath.

Moving away from their lovely apartment in Munich isn't nearly as wrenching an experience for Frau Greta...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609456270
• ISBN13: 9781609456276
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Nothing short of a masterpiece

Catherine Chidgey weaves four narratives of Buchenwald into one seamless story of love, loss, rationalization, and denial. It is told from the perspective of the head camp administrator, Sturmbannfuhrer Hahn, his wife Greta, a camp inmate, Doctor Lenard Weber, and the collective perceptions of the citizens of nearby Weimar. These four perspectives give a multi-layered portrayal that comes together in a bittersweet but satisfying conclusion. Remote Sympathy is a masterpiece. I couldn't put it down and I didn't want it to end.