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My Father, the Germans and I - Essays, Lectures, Interviews (Paperback)
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My Father, the Germans and I - Essays, Lectures, Interviews (Paperback)
Series: The Seagull Library of German Literature
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Jurek Becker (1937-97) is best known for his novel Jacob the Liar,
which follows the life of a man, who, like Becker, lived in the
Lodz ghetto during the German occupation of Poland in World War II.
Throughout his career, Becker also wrote nonfiction, and the
essays, lectures, and interviews collected in My Father, the
Germans and I share a common thread in that they each speak to
Becker's interactions with and opinions on the social, political,
and cultural conditions of twentieth-century Germany. Becker, who
had lived in both German states and in unified Germany, was
passionately and humorously active in the political debates of his
time. Becker never directly aligned himself with either the
political ideology of East Germany or the capitalist market forces
of West Germany. The remains of fascism in postwar Germany, and the
demise of Socialism, as well as racism and xenophobic violence,
were topics that perpetually interested Becker. However, his
writings, as evidenced in this collection, were never pedantic, but
always entertaining, retaining the sense of humor that made his
novels so admired. My Father, the Germans and I gives expression to
an exceptional author's perception of himself and the world and to
his tireless attempt to bring his own unique tone of linguistic
brevity, irony, and balance to German relations.
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