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| Author | Eugen Ruge |
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| Original title | In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts |
| Translator | Anthea Bell |
| Language | German |
| Publisher | Rowohlt Verlag |
Publication date | 2011 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 19 June 2014 |
| Pages | 425 |
| ISBN | 9783498057862 |
In Times of Fading Light (German : In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts. Roman einer Familie) is a 2011 novel by the German writer Eugen Ruge. The main plot is set shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, but the story moves back and forth over a timeline of 50 years, as it follows four generations of an East German family with several members heavily involved in the communist ruling party. [1] [2] [3]
The novel has strong autobiographical elements. Ruge had been active as a playwright, screenwriter and translator since 1986, and In Times of Fading Light was his debut novel, published when he was 57 years old. [4]
The book received the German Book Prize. [4] It was the basis for the 2017 film In Times of Fading Light , directed by Matti Geschonneck and starring Bruno Ganz. [5]
