My Red Heaven

Set on a single day in 1927, My Red Heaven imagines a host of characters--some historic, some invented--crossing paths on the streets of Berlin.

The subjects include Robert Musil, Otto Dix, Werner Heisenberg, Anita Berber, Vladimir Nabokov, K the Kollwitz, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Rosa Luxemburg--as well as others history has forgotten: a sommelier, a murderer, a prostitute, a pickpocket, and several ghosts.

Drawing inspiration from Otto Freundlich's painting by the same name, My Red Heaven explores a complex moment in history: the rise of deadly populism at a time when everything seemed possible and the future unimaginable. A terrific read for fans of Richard Powers' The Overstory and Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dzanc Books
Published: 01/21/2020
ISBN: 9781950539031
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/30/2019
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2019