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''A mysterious, subtle, haunting novel.''
Chris Power

An unnamed man arrives in Berlin as a visiting professor. It is a place fused with Western history and cultural fracture lines. He moves along its streets and pavements; through its department stores, museums and restaurants. He befriends Faqrul, an enigmatic exiled poet, and Birgit, a woman with whom he shares the vagaries of attraction. He tries to understand his white-haired cleaner. Berlin is a riddlehe becomes lost not only in the city but in its legacy.

Sealed off in his own solitude, and as his visiting professorship passes, the narrator awaits transformation and meaning. Ultimately, he starts to understand that the less sure he becomes of his place in the moment, the more he knows his way.

''Chaudhuri has already proved that he can write better than just about anybody of his generation.'' Jonathan Coe

Sojourn

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    A Paperback / softback by Amit Chaudhuri

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/2023
      ISBN13: 9780571360352, 978-0571360352
      ISBN10: 0571360351
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''A mysterious, subtle, haunting novel.''
      Chris Power

      An unnamed man arrives in Berlin as a visiting professor. It is a place fused with Western history and cultural fracture lines. He moves along its streets and pavements; through its department stores, museums and restaurants. He befriends Faqrul, an enigmatic exiled poet, and Birgit, a woman with whom he shares the vagaries of attraction. He tries to understand his white-haired cleaner. Berlin is a riddlehe becomes lost not only in the city but in its legacy.

      Sealed off in his own solitude, and as his visiting professorship passes, the narrator awaits transformation and meaning. Ultimately, he starts to understand that the less sure he becomes of his place in the moment, the more he knows his way.

      ''Chaudhuri has already proved that he can write better than just about anybody of his generation.'' Jonathan Coe

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