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It all tastes of farewell : diaries, 1964-1970

Reimann, Brigitte, 1933-19732023
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'It All Tastes of Farewell' is a frank account of one woman's life and loves in 1960s East Germany. As a writer, Brigitte Reimann could not help but tell a compelling story, and that is born out here in her diaries, which are gripping as any novel. She recorded only what mattered: telling details, emotional truths, and political realities. Never written for publication and published only after the fall of the Berlin Wall, these diaries offer a unique record of what it felt like to live in a country that no longer exists, was represented for years largely through Cold War propaganda, and is still portrayed in fairy-tale Stasi dramas.
Main title:
It all tastes of farewell : diaries, 1964-1970 / Brigitte Reimann ; translated by Steph Morris.
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Imprint:
London : Seagull Books, 2023.
Collation:
454 pages ; 21 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9781803092270 (pbk. :)
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
2653916
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