Historical novel set around ENGLAND (Birmingham)
The Others
Location(s): Germany, Rostock
Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Romance
Era(s): 1980s
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026
The location is fictional although believed to be modelled on Rostock.
Three young people from vastly different backgrounds – Armando from Mozambique, Lolita from India and East German national Theo – are drawn together in a small Baltic city in 1989, just as the DDR begins to collapse around them.
While a quiet revolution sweeps through Eastern Europe, they find themselves in a poignant love triangle, as their lives intertwine and collide with each other in messy, beautiful ways.
“An expert novel, The Others is superbly organized, with a steady, tense air of suspense, fine and persuasive emotion, and, above all, truly rich characters alive in a real history. The last pages produced in me a gasp of amazement.”– Jonathan Lethem, Author of ‘Motherless Brooklyn’, National Book Critics Circle Award winner
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