The German Room

How do you will a life into order? Adrift in Germany, a pregnant, aimless Argentine and her small circle of friends try and fail to find out.

Fall in Heidelberg, and in a student residence a not-student, a woman from Argentina, is busy not figuring out what to do next. She's pregnant. Shanice, a Japanese student she had barely befriended, has died. Shanice's mother has arrived from Tokyo and will not leave. And Javier Miguel, a fellow Argentine, is frantic that his sister back home might be overly involved with a local psychic. The German Room is a novel of not-moving on, of not-growing up, of not-failing better. As fall turns to winter, things change but nothing is different, and comedy and tragedy are harder to tell apart. And in Carla Maliandi's hands, entropy becomes a vibrant, life-affirming creative force.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Charco Press
Published: 02/06/2024
ISBN: 9781999859336
Pages: 137
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2023