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    A house by a German lake witnesses a century of trauma in Jenny Erpenbeck's masterpiece. Translated into 30+ languages, this slim 160-page novel earned Guardian's "best books" status while critics whisper Nobel predictions. How can one property hold Germany's darkest secrets?

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