Philip Hensher: A Small Revolution in Germany [2020] hardback FILMS We would become the mirrors

We would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds

These stories reveal the remarkable lengths to which people will go to give meaning to their loss: Rudyard Kipling's quest for his son's grave

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Philip Hensher: A Small Revolution in Germany [2020] hardback FILMS We would become the mirrorsA Small Revolution in Germany is about growing up, or refusing to accept what growing up means; it's about the small dishonest pacts that people make with their own futures; and it's about the rare and joyous refusal to be disillusioned. Everyone remembers what it's like to be seventeen. The conversations you have; the ideas that burst on you; the kiss that transforms you. And then you grow up, and make a deal with adulthood. A Small Revolution in