An exquisite erotic entertainment set in Weimar Germany.
Of Greek and Austrian descent, Aris Fioretos was born and raised in Sweden. He was educated at Stockholm and Yale Universities. The recipient of numerous prizes and fellowships, he has published several books in his native country, and also rendered the works of Vladimir Nabokov into Swedish. The Truth about Sascha Knisch is his first novel in English. Aris Fioretos lives with his wife and daughter in Berlin, where he is currently the counsellor for culture at the Swedish Embassy.
In this noir-ish novel of 1928 Berlin, Aris Fioretos serves up an
intoxicating brew distilled of equal parts murder mystery,
sexological rumination, and historical farce
*Jeffrey Eugenides*
Fioretos has many similarities to Vladimir Nabokov... His prose
style is playful, attentive and deft... By the end of this novel,
the truth about Sascha Knisch may remain uncertain, but the
formidable qualities of his creator have been well established
*Times Literary Supplement*
A stylish, intelligent and eerily entertaining novel
*Independent on Sunday*
This incredible novel about a young man's odyssey through the
sexual underground of Weimar Germany is either a comic tragedy or a
tragic comedy, and it is Aris Fioretos' great achievement to keep
you guessing past the last page. The Truth about Sascha Knisch is
worldly, audacious, haunting in its candour and unremittingly
disturbing in its prescience. Fioretos is without a doubt one of
Europe's most gifted writers
*Jane Kramer*
A masterpiece
*Frankfurter Rundschau*
In a world dominated by extremes, Fioretos, a Swedish-born novelist living in Berlin, presents an honest and astonishing study of the marginalized and often stigmatized people who attempt to exist between the two, specifically, those who don't fit neatly into traditional sexual roles. Set in 1928 Berlin, it is a smart and sexy murder mystery as dark and disturbing as it is seductive in the beauty of the writing and the complexity of its characters. With the help of friend Dora, Sascha Knisch comes to accept his desire to dress as a woman. But following Dora's apparent murder, he is caught in a power struggle between the state police's vice and homicide departments. While we follow the narrator's personal struggle, we are kept off guard by the constantly shifting "facts" of the investigation. As the intriguing story moves toward its conclusion, it continues to duck into the dark corners of its labyrinth rather than accelerate rapidly toward a clean and predictable ending. This extraordinary novel is destined to be much discussed and is highly recommended for public and academic libraries.-K.H. Cumiskey, Duke Univ. Lib., Durham, NC Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
In this noir-ish novel of 1928 Berlin, Aris Fioretos serves up
an intoxicating brew distilled of equal parts murder mystery,
sexological rumination, and historical farce -- Jeffrey
Eugenides
Fioretos has many similarities to Vladimir Nabokov... His prose
style is playful, attentive and deft... By the end of this novel,
the truth about Sascha Knisch may remain uncertain, but the
formidable qualities of his creator have been well established *
Times Literary Supplement *
A stylish, intelligent and eerily entertaining novel * Independent
on Sunday *
This incredible novel about a young man's odyssey through the
sexual underground of Weimar Germany is either a comic tragedy or a
tragic comedy, and it is Aris Fioretos' great achievement to keep
you guessing past the last page. The Truth about Sascha
Knisch is worldly, audacious, haunting in its candour and
unremittingly disturbing in its prescience. Fioretos is without
a doubt one of Europe's most gifted writers -- Jane Kramer
A masterpiece * Frankfurter Rundschau *
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