Illusions (Faber Editions) - by Ruth Rehmann (Paperback)

Name: Illusions (Faber Editions) - by Ruth Rehmann (Paperback)
Brand: Faber & Faber
SKU: 1008273558
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Four office workers, one unforgettable weekend: this rediscovered German modernist classic exposes the hidden fears and dreams locked inside every employee in shimmering language.They blur, they dissipate into a multitude of fleeting images, shadows, and reflections . . . Post-war West Germany.
Author(s): Ruth Rehmann
288 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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Four office workers, one unforgettable weekend: this rediscovered German modernist classic exposes the hidden fears and dreams locked inside every employee in shimmering language.

They blur, they dissipate into a multitude of fleeting images, shadows, and reflections . . .

Post-war West Germany. In an open-plan office on the thirteen floor of a vast corporation, thousands of workers are fragmented in their transparent glass cubicles.

Four employees sit at their desks: a grey-suited executive secretary; a short-sighted translator; a once-glamorous typist; and a sleepy-eyed trainee. Their weekend begins at Saturday lunchtime, and we join these four colleagues until they reconvene on Monday morning, experiencing a panoramic vista of their pasts and presents, joys and sorrows, realities and illusions.

Lost for decades since it was first published in Germany in 1959, and translated into English by Rob Madole for the first time, this shimmering debut novel by a pioneering female writer exposes the mirages that define how we live: in the workplace, in the home, and in our own mind's eye.

A new translation by Rob Madole.

Review Quotes

"Rewrites [Germany's] literary history." - Berliner Zeitung

"Its language shimmers and pulsates with the heartbeat of a new world of employees, which makes thoughts and feelings dance mercilessly to its tune." - SWR Kultur

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 288

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Literary

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback

Author: Ruth Rehmann

Language: English

Street Date: November 3, 2026

TCIN: 1008273558

UPC: 9780571396580

Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-3127

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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