At the Edge of the Night by Friedo Lampe

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At the Edge of the Night by Friedo Lampe

This poignant novel, beautifully translated by Simon Beattie, was, in Lampe's words, born into a regime where it could not breathe; he hoped that one day it might rise again. It has no one main character, but evokes the sensations and impressions of a sultry September evening on the waterfront of Bremen, with its charm and tenderness, squalor and lust. It contains a stream of images with many characters: children, old and young people, men and women, townsfolk, performers, students and seamen. Things happen as they happen, horrible things, touching things. Its depiction of raw reality was unacceptable to the Nazis: the book was seized by them in December 1933 and withdrawn from sale.
An antiquarian bookseller specializing in European cultural (and cross-cultural) history Friedo Lampe (1899-1945) was born in Bremen. A disabled gay German writer, he survived the Third Reich only to be shot by the Red Army six days before the end of World War II. He wrote two novels, poetry and some short stories.
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ISBN 13 9781843916543
ISBN 10 1843916541
Title At the Edge of the Night
Author Friedo Lampe
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hesperus Press Ltd
Year published 2019-02-01
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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