| Brecht's Mistress | |
| Author: | Jacques-Pierre Amette |
| Title Orig: | La Maîtresse de Brecht |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Publisher: | Éditions Albin Michel |
| Pub Date: | 20 August 2003 |
| Pages: | 306 |
| Isbn: | 2-226-14163-4 |
Brecht's Mistress (French: '''La Maîtresse de Brecht''') is a 2003 novel by the French writer Jacques-Pierre Amette. It is also known as Brecht's Lover. It received the Prix Goncourt.[1]
In 1948, the German playwright Bertolt Brecht leaves New York to return to Berlin. There he meets a young woman, Maria, with whom he falls in love, but who turns out to be a spy in the service of the Stasi, the East German secret services.