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Darkly comic and hauntingly surreal, this narrative explores obsession, paranoia, and the decline of a Stasi operative's career. On November 9, 1989, the day the Berlin Wall falls, Bernd Zeiger, a once-renowned Stasi agent known for his manual on demoralizing political opponents, faces the twilight of his career. Twenty-five years earlier, physicist Johnnes Held was sent by East Germany to infiltrate a U.S. military operation investigating teleportation and paranormal activities. Unbeknownst to him, he fathered a child during this mission. Zeiger, aware of this secret, forms a strange bond with Held, despite ultimately betraying him, a treachery that continues to haunt him. As Zeiger grapples with his crumbling reality, he becomes increasingly obsessed with a missing cafe waitress named Lara, who has vanished for a month and is unexpectedly linked to Held. In his quest to find her, Zeiger uncovers his own betrayal amid the chaos of a changing world, as the Wall comes down and his meticulously constructed life unravels. This story brilliantly captures a pivotal moment when ideological shifts lead to chaos, revealing the fragility of dogma and humanity.
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The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures, Jennifer Hofmann
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2021
- Rilegatura
- (In brossura)
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- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Jennifer Hofmann
- Editore
- Quercus Publishing Plc
- Pubblicato
- 2021
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 1529403618
- ISBN13
- 9781529403619
- Serie
- Valutazione
- 4 su 5
- Descrizione
- Darkly comic and hauntingly surreal, this narrative explores obsession, paranoia, and the decline of a Stasi operative's career. On November 9, 1989, the day the Berlin Wall falls, Bernd Zeiger, a once-renowned Stasi agent known for his manual on demoralizing political opponents, faces the twilight of his career. Twenty-five years earlier, physicist Johnnes Held was sent by East Germany to infiltrate a U.S. military operation investigating teleportation and paranormal activities. Unbeknownst to him, he fathered a child during this mission. Zeiger, aware of this secret, forms a strange bond with Held, despite ultimately betraying him, a treachery that continues to haunt him. As Zeiger grapples with his crumbling reality, he becomes increasingly obsessed with a missing cafe waitress named Lara, who has vanished for a month and is unexpectedly linked to Held. In his quest to find her, Zeiger uncovers his own betrayal amid the chaos of a changing world, as the Wall comes down and his meticulously constructed life unravels. This story brilliantly captures a pivotal moment when ideological shifts lead to chaos, revealing the fragility of dogma and humanity.