The Snake Tree

First release in 1986
Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille 2012

Uwe Timm’s novel tells the story of the German construction engineer Wagner who goes to work as a manager for a paper factory in South America and gets entangled in a web of corruption, superstition and violence. He tries to solve his personal problems through spatial distance but is tortured by self-doubts. The confident attempts by Europeans to appropriate the “Foreign” and to expand their civilization across the globe, lead to a process of their own expulsion that unleashes apocalyptic horrors.

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  • Publisher: Kiepenheuer&Witsch
  • Release: 01.01.1986
  • ISBN: 978-3-462-01786-1
  • 336 Pages
  • Author: Uwe Timm
The Snake Tree
Uwe Timm The Snake Tree
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Uwe Timm

Uwe Timm , born in Hamburg in 1940, lives in Munich and Berlin. Kiepenheuer & Witsch in Cologne has been publishing his work since 1984. His books have been translated into numerous languages.