The History of History: A Novel of Berlin - Softcover

Praise for Ida Hattemer-Higgins's "The History of History" "Hattemer-Higgins rangy assemblage of narrative voices is virtuosic. . . . "The History of History" offers persuasive evidence of an erudite and fiercely self-examining writer."--Jan Stuart, "The Boston Globe" "[An] eerie, brilliant novel. . . . Hattemer-Higgins shows her kinship with H. G. Adler. . . . A remarkable achievement."--Sam Sacks, "San Francisco Chronicle" "[A] profound and unsettling first novel."--Anna Mundow, "The Boston Sunday Globe" "[A] bold debut novel . . . full of harrowing twists--and proves a brilliant rumination on trauma and identity."--Carmela Ciuraru, "More" magazine "A multilayered narrative that finally resolves into a tale of personal trauma. . . . compelling, both in its lyrical prose and in the mystery that it lays out."--Charlotte Ryland, "The Times Literary Supplement" "Take note of this novel. . . . An astonishing act of cre