by Uwe Timm · Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423131254
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«Rot» is the novel by Uwe Timm, published by Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag in paperback (393 pages, in German).
Thomas Linde, a 56-year-old jazz critic and funeral speaker, gazes from above at his own body after being run over at a Berlin crossing. Between life and death, he recalls his last days, his relationship with lighting designer Iris, twenty years his junior, and the revolutionary ideals of the 68 generation, with their failures and resignations.
The novel was originally published in 2001; this unabridged German edition, revised by the author, belongs to the dtv 13125 collection. It was awarded the 2006 Mondello Prize for foreign author.
For readers of literary fiction interested in historical memory, the spirit of '68, and contemporary Germany.
Uwe Timm is a German writer.
