Classic memoir of life in the first half of the 20th century Vienna
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A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler (Austria)
A quietly life-affirming study of the passage from childhood to old age of an unassuming man, shortlisted for the International Booker
Review no 30: Irmgard Keun (1905-82), The Artificial Silk Girl (Germany)
Sexually adventurous, ditzy, Weimar-era heroine Doris has quite the adventures in 1930s Berlin.
Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More 