The Valley of Unknowing

by Philip Sington

Book Overview

In the twilight years of Communist East Germany, Bruno Krug, author of a single world-famous novel written twenty years earlier, falls for Theresa Aden, a music student from the West. But Theresa has also caught the eye of a cocky young scriptwriter who delights in satirizing Krug's work.

Asked to appraise a mysterious manuscript, Bruno is disturbed to find that the author is none other than his rival. Disconcertingly, the book is good--very good...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393239330
• ISBN13: 9780393239331
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"