by Christoph Hein · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439717843
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«Por tocar un tango» is the novel by Christoph Hein, published by Mondadori in paperback (154 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the GDR of the late sixties, the story follows a university professor who, upon leaving prison, tries to regain his post, but finds he has lost his job and that even his family shuns him. He lives in a climate of general mistrust and unconfessed guilt: no one accuses him, but his presence makes them uncomfortable.
The novel was published in 1991, belongs to the El espejo de tinta collection, and its Spanish translation is by José Antonio Alemany.
For readers of contemporary European fiction and stories about everyday life under authoritarian regimes.
Christoph Hein is a German author and translator. He grew up in the town Bad Düben near Leipzig. Being a clergyman's son and thus not allowed to attend the Erweiterte Oberschule (EOS) in the GDR, he received secondary education at a gymnasium in the western part of Berlin. After his Abitur he jobbed inter alia as assembler, bookseller and assistant director. From 1967 to 1971 Hein studied philosophy in Leipzig and Berlin. Upon graduation, he became a dramatic adviser at the Volksbühne in Berlin, where he worked as a resident writer from 1974. Since 1979 Hein has worked as a freelance writer.
