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Eulogy for the Living – Taking Flight (Paperback)
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A fragmentary work that stands as a testament to Wolf's skill
as a thinker, storyteller, and memorializer of humanity’s
greatest struggles. Christa Wolf tried for years to find a way to
write about her childhood in Nazi Germany. In her 1976 book
Patterns of Childhood, she explained why it was so difficult:
“Gradually, over a period of months, the dilemma has emerged: to
remain speechless or to live in the third person, these seem to be
the options. One is impossible, the other sinister.” During 1971
and 1972 she made thirty-three attempts to start the novel,
abandoning each manuscript only pages in. Eulogy for the
Living, written over the course of four weeks, is the longest of
those fragments. In its pages, Wolf recalls with crystalline
precision the everyday details of her life as a middle-class
grocer’s daughter, and the struggles within the
family—struggles common to most families, but exacerbated by the
rise of Nazism. And as Nazism fell, the Wolfs fled west, trying to
stay ahead of the rampaging Red Army.
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Imprint: |
Seagull Books London Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2022 |
Firstpublished: |
2018 |
Authors: |
Christa Wolf
• Katy Derbyshire
• Gerhard Wolf
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Dimensions: |
203 x 128 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
136 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80309-039-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
1-80309-039-1 |
Barcode: |
9781803090399 |
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