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Brecht's Mistress
La Maîtresse de Brecht
Jacques-Pierre Amette (born 1943)
Translated by Andrew Brown
English editions
In EnglishBrecht's Mistress
The New Press · United States · 2005
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After fifteen years abroad, Bertolt Brecht returns to Berlin in 1948, where the East German regime wants him to build a showcase workers' theatre. He takes as his lover Maria Eich, a young Viennese actress, unaware that the Stasi, wary of a man who lived among American capitalists, has her spy on him daily, opening his mail and reporting his every word. Backstage at the Berliner Ensemble, everyone plays a part.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 300 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Politics, Love (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Germany, 1948–1956
- First published
- 2003 by Albin Michel
- Author's age
- 60 when first published
- ISBN
9782226141637 (original)
9781595580191 (The New Press, United States)
- More
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