Dog King

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Dog King

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary Alternative history fiction Fiction in translation

Author: Christoph Ransmayr

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Language: English

Published by: Vintage Digital

Published on: 15th February 2011

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 358 Kb

ISBN: 9781409016823


Setting

The novel is set just after World War Two, in a fictitious Germany. The Allies have decided to punish the country for Nazi war crimes by forcing it to develop back into a pre-industrial society. All the achievements of technology - railways, streets, power, ships - have been destroyed or suspended, and in the village where The Kitahara Syndrome is set, villagers are forced to farm the land with primitive tools and scavenge scrap yards.

Memories and Rituals

Memories of German war crimes are kept alive by bizarre rituals of remembrance: villagers are forced to dress as concentration camp inmates and act out the ceremonies of torture.

Story Focus

This is the background to the story which focuses on three characters and the strange links that bind them.

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