This study reverses the question implicit in title of Christa
Wolf's now-canonical 1990 novella Was bleibt (What remains),
looking instead at what was lost during the process of German
reunification. It argues that, in their work during and after the
Wende, most literary authors from both East and West Germany
responded ambivalently to the reunification. Many felt, on the one
hand, a keen sense of loss as the GDR dissolved and an expanded
Federal Republic summarily absorbed former Eastern Germany. They
mourned the ideals of democratic socialism, tolerance, and
internationalism that the GDR had held dear, as well as the
country's rich cultural life. On the other hand, however, they
recognized that the GDR was a fundamentally corrupt surveillance
state whose industry weighed heavily on the environment while
failing to buoy the country's economy. By looking at works by some
of the most important authors from either side of the border, this
study shows that those who unequivocally embraced the reunification
were clearly in the minority.
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