A sweeping story of one family over fifty years and four generations in East Germany.

This story of a German family tells of years spent in exile, of the revolution of 1989 and beyond. The masterful narrative journeys from Mexico, to Siberia and East Berlin, climbing the summits and charting the abysses of the 20th century along the way. The result is both a stunning panorama and a monumental German novel that makes history itself tangible through the history of one family. –Olly, The Book Grocer

Eugen Ruge was born in the Urals and studied mathematics in Berlin. Before leaving the GDR for the West in 1988 he was a writer, contributing to documentaries made at the state-owned DEFA Studios. Since 1989 he has been writing and translating for theatres and broadcasters, and periodically teaches at the Berlin University of the Arts. In Times of Fading Lightis his first novel.