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Title: The German Comedy: Scenes of Life After the Wall
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 1991
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0374102015
ISBN 13: 9780374102012
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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A tour of Germany after reunification provides anecdotes of the West German people, an East German baker, Bavarian yodelers, Stalinist functionaries, and Western capitalists

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The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 brought its share of comic absurdities. For example, the Germans' newfound freedom, as Schneider shows, has complicated the romances of lovers who once navigated the Wall's restrictions. For the most part, though, the author ( The Wall Jumper ), who lives in Berlin, grapples with weightier issues in this ironical, witty report. He cites "the two good reasons" to fear a reunified Germany: resurgent anti-Semitism and the questionable stability of German democracy. He explores how people are coping with the chaos of events, with the mass influx of refugees from East Germany and of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe. Whether he is exposing the exploitation of 60,000 Vietnamese slave workers in the old Democratic Republic or assessing the failure of both left and right to come to grips with socialism's demise, Schneider is a penetrating and astute critic.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

When the Berlin Wall was breached in November 1989, German and European history undertook another of its periodic lurches into unknown territory. Schneider, in this compact and elegantly written book, presents his analysis of the new Berlin/Germany and what lies ahead. Personal anecdotes abound, and readers will enjoy the author's "man-on-the-spot" style. As well, the big questions, such as a possible revival of German nationalism, militarism, and anti-Semitism, are deftly treated by the author. In short, this is an entertaining and enlightening book that most libraries should acquire. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/91.--Ian Wallace, Agriculture Canada Lib., St.
Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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