Irene Dische

• May-1991
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• Jan-1992
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A collection of short stories by the author of "Pious Secrets". The characters include a Viennese ghost in a New York apartment, an adulterer who gets turned on by a young woman's simple furnishings, and an East Berlin scientist who defects to the We...

• Oct-1994
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A gay love story set against the backdrop of the reunification of Germany. A gay mathematical physicist, Benedikt eschews human company, preferring calculations to emotions. Into his life come a poor Russian woman, her terrified son, and the East Ger...

• Sep-1995
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A collection of stories finds its main characters in unlikely places and situations, from an affluent Jewish American who returns to Germany to a homosexual restauranteur who gets the chance to cook another meal for his first lover...

• Jan-1999
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Set during World War II, this novel explores the relationships between three generations of the same family. A father longs to show his son the world; a grandfather hopes to protect his son and grandson from the war; and a grandson sees the truth tha...

• Nov-2003
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Alan Korkunc is a notorious Kurdish assassin who is perhaps not strong or mean enough to work in New York City. Known as the 'Black Stone' back in Istanbul, he has recently escaped from prison after being convicted of murdering a Turkish businessman....

• Aug-2007
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At the end of what is (she cannot help observing) an extraordinary life, Elisabeth Rother has decided to write her memoirs. She brushes aside her narrow escape with her Jewish husband from the Nazis, and the perilous voyage to the New World of New Je...