This is a stunning first novel by a young German writer who has been hailed as an original new voice. The closing of a municipal swimming bath in East Berlin brings forth the suppressed memories of its lifeguard for 40 years, and the horrors committed there when he was young.
About the Author
KATHARINA HACKER was born in Frankfurt/Main in 1967, and studied at Freiburg University and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The author has lived in Berlin since 1996 where she writes and translates.
The Critics Praise:
“Katharina Hacker has succeeded in creating a convincing loner who touches our heart… This lifeguard, whose distress descends into madness, is entirely convincing, both in his story as well as his special use of language.”
DIE ZEIT
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