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The Boxer
A Novel
1976
First Published
3.75
Average Rating
292
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Released from a concentration camp after the war, Aron Blank searches desperately for his son, the only surviving member of his family, whom he was forced to abandon when the boy was two years old, and follows his subsequent struggles to rebuild a life for himself in East Berlin.
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3.75
Number of Ratings
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Author

Jurek Becker
Jurek Becker
Author · 9 books

Jurek Becker (* vermutlich 30. September 1937 in Łódź, Polen als Jerzy Bekker geboren[1]; † 14. März 1997 in Sieseby, Schleswig-Holstein) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Drehbuchautor und DDR-Dissident. Jurek Becker (probably September 30, 1937 – March 14, 1997) was a Polish-born German writer, film-author and GDR dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films. He lived in Łódź during World War II for about two years and survived the Holocaust.

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