Patterns of Childhood
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374518448 (0374518440)
ASIN: 374518440
Publish date: July 1st 1984
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Dieses Werk von Chista Wolf polarisiert offensichtlich sehr stark zwischen völliger Begeisterung und totaler Ernüchterung und ehrlich gesagt konnte ich persönlich beide Positionen gleichermaßen nachvollziehen, wodurch sich meine Beurteilung konkret in der Mitte manifestiert. Stilistisch und erzählte...
When Christa Wolf set out to novelize her childhood during National Socialist days, in Landsberg (East Prussia), she didn't just narrate the experiences of young "Nelly Jordan". No, the story is incessantly interrupted, and commented on, by an account of an alter-ego of the author revisiting Landsbe...
Powerful account of a German girl growing up during the years of the Third Reich, reappraising those years as she visits her hometown after many years. The story is told slowly and introspectively, as it should be, allowing the memories to come back, so as to make some sense of her life and times.It...