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Sad Strains of a Gay Waltz
A Novel
1993
First Published
3.00
Average Rating
305
Number of Pages
An isolated German mathematician confronting a debilitating illness advertises to adopt a boy and finds himself undergoing a hilarious, agonizing education at the hands of an impoverished Russian refugee and his sloppy, lively mother
Avg Rating
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Irene Dische
Author · 10 books

Irene Dische is an American writer, born and raised in the Washington Heights district of New York City. She has studied Literature and Anthropology on the Harvard University. She was a freelance journalist (The New Yorker, The Nation). In the early 1980s, Dische moved to Berlin, Germany, and now she devides her time between Berlin and Rhinebeck, New York. A lot of her work is written in English, but often first published in German. Irene Dische ist eine Amerikanisch, geboren und aufgewachsen in Washington Heights, New York City. Sie hat Literatur und Anthropologie studiert an der Harvard University . Sie war freelance journalistin (The New Yorker, The Nation). In den frühen 1980er Jahren zog sie nach Berlin, Deutschland, und jetzt lebt sie abwechselnd in Berlin und in Rhinebeck, New York. Viele ihrer Werke sind in englischer Sprache verfasst, aber zuerst in deutscher Sprache herausgegeben.

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