It all tastes of farewell : diaries, 1964-1970 /
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Author / Creator: | Reimann, Brigitte, 1933-1973, author. |
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Uniform title: | Alles schmeckt nach Abschied. English |
Imprint: | London : Seagull Books, 2021. |
Description: | 360 pages ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | The German list German list. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12704719 |
Summary: | 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 first published in full in German 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. Here we get a sense of lived experience, as if Doris Lessing or Edna O'Brien had been allowed in with their notebooks. This volume continues where her earlier book of diaries, I Have No Regrets , left off, in 1964. It sees Reimann grow wistful and at times bitter, as her love life, her professional life, and her health all suffer. Yet throughout she retains a lively appetite for new experiences and a dedication to writing. Finally she finds security in a surprising new love, and although she died soon after this volume ends, the novel she was writing was to become a much-read cult hit after her death.<br> <br> A remarkable document from a time and place that we still struggle to see clearly, It All Tastes of Farewell is unforgettable, a last gift from an essential writer.<br> |
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Item Description: | Translated from the German. |
Physical Description: | 360 pages ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 9780857427809 0857427806 9780857427991 |