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Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the collapse of Communism, Germany and Europe experienced a period of immense upheaval. In 1990 the novelist Gunter Grass travelled widely through both Germanys - the former East and the former West - immersing himself in the political debate around reunification. His journal portrays life in Europe at a key moment in history, as seen by one of its most engaged and observant writers.
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“Very much the work of a writer conscious of his role as a political man of letters.”—Kirkus Reviews
In January 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Günter Grass made two New Year’s resolutions: the first was to travel extensively in the newly united Germany and the second was to keep a diary, to record his impressions of a historic time.
Grass takes part in public debates, writes for newspapers, makes speeches, and meets emerging politicians. He talks to German citizens on both sides, listening to their bewilderment and their hopes for the future. Ideas for stories take root—his novels The Call of the Toad and Too Far Afield.
From Germany to Germany is also a personal record. Grass reflects on his family, remembers his boyhood, and comments on the books he is reading, the drawings he is making, and the sumptuous meals he cooks for family and friends.
The picture that emerges—not only of the two Germanys struggling for a single identity but of a changed world after the end of the Cold War—is engrossing, passionate, and essential for anyone who wants to understand Europe’s new leading nation.
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- PublisherHarvill Secker
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 184655473X
- ISBN 13 9781846554735
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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