Exquisitely translated by Susan Bernofsky, Go, Went, Gone addresses one of the most pivotal issues of our time, facing it head-on in a voice that is both nostalgic and frightening. Go, Went, Gone is a scathing indictment of Western policy toward the European refugee crisis, but also a touching portrait of a man who finds he has more in common with the Africans than he realizes. At once a passionate contribution to the debate on race, privilege and nationality and a beautifully written examination of an ageing mans quest to find.

Grammar, Meaning and Examples of Usage of Gone 2. This is the main difference between gone and went. Gone, on the other hand, can be used in perfect tenses. Since went is a past tense form, it is mainly used in simple past tense. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation, as he visits their shelter, interviews them, and becomes embroiled in their harrowing fates. Gone is the past participle of go and went is the past tense of go.

Take a moment to look at the context of each sentence before making your choice. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. This is basic English however, I often hear English learners using the wrong verbs when speaking. Used as the verb of a sentence, it must always be preceded by an auxiliary verb such as has, have, had, is, am, are. The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. Go, Went, Gone Written by Jenny Erpenbeck Translated by Susan Bernofsky In a powerful response to a growing crisis, Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel explores questions about race, immigration, refugees and European identity. Due to the influence of the region, southern English forms constitute the standard language of England, and so went is the standard English preterite. In Scotland and northern England, yede was gaed, regularly formed by suffixing -ed to a variant of go. New York Times Notable Book2018 Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2018 Lois Roth Award Winner An unforgettable German bestseller about the European refugee crisis: 'Erpenbeck will get under your skin' ( Washington Post Book World ) Go, Went, Gone is the masterful new novel by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, 'one of the most significant German-language novelists of her generation' ( The Millions). After went became established as the preterite of go, wend took on a new preterite, wended.

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