The Dark Room

Rachel Seiffert's absorbing, internationally acclaimed debut explores the modern German psyche through the experiences of three ordinary people.

At the onset of World War II, a young photographer's assistant is kept out of the war due to a physical disability, and instead spends his time capturing on film the changing temper of Berlin, the city he loves. Just weeks after Germany's surrender, a teenage girl whose parents have been taken into allied custody leads her siblings on a harrowing journey to find their grandmother. And two generations after the war, a teacher searches for the reason why the Russians imprisoned his beloved grandfather. Evoking the experiences of the individual with astonishing emotional depth and psychological acuity, The Dark Room develops a portrait of the twentieth century in all its drama and complexity.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 10/08/2002
ISBN: 9780375726323
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d

Review Citations: New York Times 11/03/2002 pg. 28
Kliatt 03/01/2003 pg. 26