LEADER 04378nam 22006492 450 001 9911008967803321 005 20170608081611.0 010 $a1-282-15057-X 010 $a9786612150579 010 $a1-57113-703-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781571137036 035 $a(CKB)2550000000001079 035 $a(EBL)3003659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000310697 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12068044 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310697 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10314247 035 $a(PQKB)10604815 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781571137036 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003659 035 $a(DE-B1597)674296 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781571137036 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000001079 100 $a20161111d2007|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSuddenly everything was different $eGerman lives in upheaval /$fOlaf Georg Klein ; translated by Ann McGlashan ; edited with an introduction and annotations by Dwight D. Allman 210 1$aRochester, NY :$cCamden House,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (xxix, 210 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017). 311 08$a1-57113-369-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TRANSLATORa???S PREFACE""; ""AUTHORa???S PREFACE""; ""1: a???I think it comes from keeping everything bottled up inside and never opening your mouth . . .a??? Klara D., 38, artist, emigrated to the West in 1984""; ""2: a???So much of the really good life was lost to us . . .a??? Petra B., 41, case worker for exit permits""; ""3: a???You should know I wona???t be blackmailed . . .a??? Protestant country pastor, born 1925""; ""4: a???They even accuse me of having planned murders . . .a??? Major Glewe, 45, retired State Security officer"" 327 $a""12: a???You can best change the world by changing yourself . . .a??? Lars N., 40, pastor, philosopher, party founder""""ANNOTATIONS""; ""WORKS CONSULTED & CITED""; ""INDEX"" 330 $aWhat 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.

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