Susie Dent

What family life — and love — was like in East Germany

Red Love is a compelling biography by Maxim Leo, a natural narrator whose sentences ring with hopelessness when his characters feel empty, and with abandon when his characters feel free

Maxim Leo's grandfather, Gerhard with his wife, Nora. Photo: Pushkin Press
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  • Red Love: The Story of an East German Family

    Maxim Leo, translated by Shaun Whiteside

    Pushkin Press, pp. 266

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