04378nam 22006492 450 991100896780332120170608081611.01-282-15057-X97866121505791-57113-703-310.1515/9781571137036(CKB)2550000000001079(EBL)3003659(SSID)ssj0000310697(PQKBManifestationID)12068044(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310697(PQKBWorkID)10314247(PQKB)10604815(UkCbUP)CR9781571137036(MiAaPQ)EBC3003659(DE-B1597)674296(DE-B1597)9781571137036(EXLCZ)99255000000000107920161111d2007|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSuddenly everything was different German lives in upheaval /Olaf Georg Klein ; translated by Ann McGlashan ; edited with an introduction and annotations by Dwight D. AllmanRochester, NY :Camden House,2007.1 online resource (xxix, 210 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Studies in German literature, linguistics, and cultureTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017).1-57113-369-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TRANSLATOR�S PREFACE""; ""AUTHOR�S PREFACE""; ""1: “I think it comes from keeping everything bottled up inside and never opening your mouth . . .� Klara D., 38, artist, emigrated to the West in 1984""; ""2: “So much of the really good life was lost to us . . .� Petra B., 41, case worker for exit permits""; ""3: “You should know I won�t be blackmailed . . .� Protestant country pastor, born 1925""; ""4: “They even accuse me of having planned murders . . .� Major Glewe, 45, retired State Security officer""""12: “You can best change the world by changing yourself . . .� Lars N., 40, pastor, philosopher, party founder""""ANNOTATIONS""; ""WORKS CONSULTED & CITED""; ""INDEX""What happens when the world in which people have crafted identities for themselves and lived their lives suddenly disappears? How does a person -- or a nation -- confront such a shock? From 1990 to 1993, at an unparalleled moment in German history, Olaf Georg Klein interviewed almost a hundred fellow former East German citizens, probing their experiences of the sudden collapse of the German Democratic Republic, then crafting that material into twelve first-person narratives. The result is a literary account whose narrators include representatives from the cities and the countryside, from young and old, from the East German power elite and the resistance, as well as from those in position to be critical of both the GDR and united Germany. The book was a sensation in Germany upon its publication in 1994, and the translation will be of interest to students and scholars in history and political science, sociology, psychology, and literary studies. It includes an introduction and extensive annotations to assist the reader in understanding the East German and unified German contexts.<BR><BR> Olaf Georg Klein's novel <I>Aftermath</I> was published in translation by Northwestern University Press in 1999. Ann McGlashan is Associate Professor of German and Dwight D. Allman is Associate Professor of Political Science, both at Baylor University.Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.Public opinionGermanyInterviewsGermanyGermanySocial conditions1990-Public opinionGermanyEconomic conditions1990-Public opinionGermanyHistoryUnification, 1990Public opinionPublic opinionInterviews306.0943/109049Klein Olaf G.1955-1825680Allman Dwight David1957-McGlashan AnnUkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9911008967803321Suddenly everything was different4393560UNINA