Ida Hattemer-Higgins

Autor de The History of History

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Obras de Ida Hattemer-Higgins

The History of History (2011) 148 copias

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Género: female
Nacionalidad: USA
País (para mapa): USA
Lugar de nacimiento: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Lugares de residencia: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
New York, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Berlin, Germany
Japan
India (mostrar todos 8)
Sweden
Moscow, Russia
Agente: Bridget Fitzgerald
Biografía breve: Ida Hattemer-Higgins was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. She studied German and Chinese literature in New York City, then left the U.S. in 2001. In the years since, she has lived in Japan, India, and Sweden, and for the past seven years as a student of literature in Berlin, Germany, where she has also worked as a walking-tour guide and translator. She now divides her time between Berlin and Moscow.

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The History of History por Ida Hattemer-Higgins

Weird but intriguing. A woman wakes up in the woods an amnesiac obsessed with who was guilty and who was not during the Third Reich in Berlin, Germany.

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Jimbookbuff1963 | 5 reseñas más. | Jun 5, 2021 |

Historiens historie : roman om Berlin por Ida Hattemer-Higgins

En forunderlig, mærkelig historie, som ind imellem optog mig meget og andre tider forekom meget mystisk og mærkelig. Svær at få hold på. Måske skal den læses igen.

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msc | 5 reseñas más. | Sep 6, 2012 |

The History of History por Ida Hattemer-Higgins

This was such an enjoyable read. Having visited Berlin a few months ago, I did all the typical sites like checkpoint charlie, the place has a veneer of fact/fiction/real/unreality that has been masterfully captured. Likewise its citizens. I totally believed Margaret's obsessions and was surprised by how stunning it was to read. Its bold exuberance of language glided its way to convey difficult and at times, harrowing content. The theme of madness is seen through a surreal landscape where hints are presented and symbols come out to play. I will most certainly re-read this at another time for on every page there are layers to strip away--the merging of historical fact with dreamlike montages shows that the difference between story and memory is not as watertight as we'd like to think it is.… (más)