# Half Swimmer

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- Authors: [Katja Oskamp](https://www.bookquiver.com/katja-oskamp)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2024-09-17
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

## Description

Half Swimmer. Noun. A German term for one who has recently learnt to swim but hasn''t yet mastered the technique. Growing up in 1980s East Germany, as the daughter of an army officer and a teacher, Tanja seems set up to become a model citizen of the German Democratic Republic. Except she has other ideas. And so, it turns out, does the course of history. Half Swimmer is a collection of stories from one life, following a young girl as she attempts to forge her own identity under the social pressures of both the GDR, and the capitalism of a unified Germany.

## Editions

### Half Swimmer

- Publisher: Peirene Press
- ISBN: 978-19-1680-600-9
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2024-09-17
- Language: en_US