Half Swimmer

Katja Oskamp

Half Swimmer
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Peirene Press Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
17 September 2024
Pages
152
ISBN
9781916806009

Half Swimmer

Katja Oskamp

Half Swimmer. A German term for one who has recently learnt to swim but hasn't yet mastered the technique.

Growing up in 1980s East Germany, as the daughter of an army officer and a teacher, Tanja seems set up to become a model citizen of the German Democratic Republic. Except she has other ideas. And so, it turns out, does the course of history. This is a collection of memories from one life, following a girl as she attempts to forge her own identity under the social pressures of both the GDR, and the capitalism of a unified Germany.

'Katja Oskamp knows how to capture the essence of people beautifully. They really come to life in her portraits.' - Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany

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