{"product_id":"kairos-by-jenny-erpenbeck","title":"Kairos By Jenny Erpenbeck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJenny Erpenbeck\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003eGo, Went, Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisitation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e) is an epic storyteller $ arguably the most powerful voice in contemporary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eliterature.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eErpenbeck's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enew novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003eKairos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e—an unforgettably compelling masterpiece—tells the story of the romance begun in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEast Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat the end of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e1980s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhen nineteen-year-old\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatharina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets by chance a married writer in his fifties named Hans. Their passionate yet difficult long-running affair takes place against the background of the declining GDR, through the upheavals wrought by its dissolution in 1989 \u0026amp; then what comes after. In her unmistakable style \u0026amp; with enormous sweep,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eErpenbeck\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edescribes the path of two lovers, as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatharina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egrows up \u0026amp; tries to come to terms with a not always ideal romance, even as a whole world with its own ideology disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewrites: “The weight of history, the particular experiences of East \u0026amp; West, \u0026amp; the ways in which cultural and subjective memory shape individual identity has always been present in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eErpenbeck’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ework. She knows that no one is all bad, no state all rotten, \u0026amp; she masterfully captures the existential bewilderment of this period between states \u0026amp; ideologies.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47847670513876,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/9318b808ccecc6eb00aa754bd67b34a4ee7b1d8865f0fc8d26576dcbe7587fa3.jpg?v=1777377320","url":"https:\/\/friendsbook.pk\/products\/kairos-by-jenny-erpenbeck","provider":"FRIENDS BOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}