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Description

Central to the book is the idea that the characters are actors. Plays and drama are what the fiction centers on. Actors and their involvement in the prose chapters that split the narrative into timelines, Berlin before the fall of the Wall (1980s), and Berlin post-German reunification (1990s). In the former timeline the character Henry, only half in jest, changes his name to Mustapha Mond, a fictitious character in a novel.

Thirteen years later Henry’s friend Anthony lives with his girlfriend in an apartment near the university where he teaches English translation to his German students.

”You all remember, I suppose, that beautiful and inspired saying of Our Ford’s: History is bunk.” Mustapha Mond (speaker), Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, published in 1932.

Greek Myths

Another theme is Greek mythology.

Many people believe that Greek myths are a product of prehistory. Modern translation of Linear B, a syllabic script employed by Mycenean scribes who wrote on clay tablets, reveals a close kinship to mythology encapsulated in official titles, place names and personal names.

A translation of a set of tablets discovered in Pylos at the “Palace of Nestor” is included as a chapter in the book.

Genre

Drama & Literature.

Print-on-demand Paperback

E-Book

Epub 3 standard, reflowable, internal cross-linking (footnotes), E Ink compatible, scalable images, hyphenated.

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