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Half Swimmer. Noun. A German term for one who has recently learnt to swim but hasn''t yet mastered the technique. Growing up in 1980s East Germany, as the daughter of an army officer and a teacher, Tanja seems set up to become a model citizen of the German Democratic Republic. Except she has other ideas. And so, it turns out, does the course of history. Half Swimmer is a collection of stories from one life, following a young girl as she attempts to forge her own identity under the social pressures of both the GDR, and the capitalism of a unified Germany.

Half Swimmer

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Half Swimmer. Noun. A German term for one who has recently learnt to swim but hasn''t yet mastered the technique.... Read more

    Publisher: Peirene Press Ltd
    Publication Date: 9/17/2024
    ISBN13: 9781916806009, 978-1916806009
    ISBN10: 1916806007

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    Half Swimmer. Noun. A German term for one who has recently learnt to swim but hasn''t yet mastered the technique. Growing up in 1980s East Germany, as the daughter of an army officer and a teacher, Tanja seems set up to become a model citizen of the German Democratic Republic. Except she has other ideas. And so, it turns out, does the course of history. Half Swimmer is a collection of stories from one life, following a young girl as she attempts to forge her own identity under the social pressures of both the GDR, and the capitalism of a unified Germany.

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