Set in 1968 Leipzig, Christoph Hein's novel is the story of Dallow, an apolitical academic who has just returned to civilian life after serving twenty-one months in prison. His crime: he was the substitute piano player in a student cabaret in which seditious verses were sung. Dallow returns to a life in of loveless sex, police harassment, and brutality, revealing how a corrupt system perverts all human interaction, and how lives are ruined by malicious caprice. Read More
Set in 1968 Leipzig, Christoph Hein's novel is the story of Dallow, an apolitical academic who has just returned to civilian life after serving twenty-one months in prison. His crime: he was the substitute piano player in a student cabaret in which seditious verses were sung. Dallow returns to a life in of loveless sex, police harassment, and brutality, revealing how a corrupt system perverts all human interaction, and how lives are ruined by malicious caprice. Read Less
Add this copy of The Tango Player (Writings From an Unbound Europe) to cart. $14.99, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Northwestern University Press.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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As New in As New jacket. NY: FSG, 1992. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. As New in an as-new dust jacket. A perfect unread copy. Novel. Translated by P. Boehm. According to Hein, the acclaimed film drama The Lives of Others is loosely based on his life story. In a 2019 article, he claims that after attending the premiere screening, he asked author and director von Donnersmarck to have his name removed from the credits. The Tango Player is set in 1968 Leipzig, the story of Dallow, an apolitical academic who has just returned to civilian life after serving twenty-one months in prison for playing piano in a jazz club. F3600.
Add this copy of The Tango Player to cart. $82.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. Light foxing on the page edges else about fine in fine dustwrapper. German novel, the first American edition is pparticularly uncommon.
Add this copy of The Tango Player to cart. $141.66, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
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