# Illusions (Faber Editions)

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- Authors: [Ruth Rehmann](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-rehmann)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2026-08-27
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre

## Description

'The rediscovery of this lost classic will shift perceptions of German literature in the English speaking world. Mercurial, seductive, smart and startling.' - Megan NolanFour office workers, one unforgettable weekend - this shimmering lost German classic unveils the hidden lives inside every employee. Welcome to the Wellis Corporation. Twenty-three storeys of shimmering glass cubicles, rattling typewriters, spiraling corridors: a corporate kingdom with its own neon light. Across the glittering panes, the acrobatic window cleaner swoops and dives, or pauses, still as a gargoyle, seeing things that nobody else sees. Over one weekend, we follow four employees into their private worlds. An ageing secretary; a translator in a mid-life-crisis; a once-glamorous typist; and a lovelorn trainee. Together, they reveal the illusions we live by - in the workplace, in the home and in our own mind's eye. Lost for decades since it was first published in Germany in 1959, introduced by Megan Nolan and in a hypnotic new translation by Rob Madole, this crystalline debut novel by a pioneering female writer rewrites German literary history.

## Editions

### Illusions (Faber Editions)

- Publisher: Faber AND Faber
- ISBN: 978-05-7139-658-0
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2026-08-27
- Language: en_US