Brought to you by Penguin.1960. The border between East and West Germany has closed.For Elisabeth - a young painter - the GDR is her generation's chance to build a glorious, egalitarian socialist future. For her brother Uli, it is a place of stricture and oppression. Separating them is the ever-wider chasm of the party line; over them loom the twin spectres of opportunity and fear, and the shadow of their defector brother Konrad. In prose as bold as a scarlet paint stroke, Brigitte Reimann battles with the clash of idealism and suppression, familial loyalty and desire. The result is this ground-breaking classic of post-war East German literature.
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Die Geschwister Erzahlung
Brought to you by Penguin.1960. The border between East and West Germany has closed.For Elisabeth - a young painter - the GDR is her generation's chance to build a glorious, egalitarian socialist future. For her brother Uli, it is a place of stricture and oppression. Separating them is the ever-wider chasm of the party line; over them loom the twin spectres of opportunity and fear, and the shadow of their defector brother Konrad. In prose as bold as a scarlet paint stroke, Brigitte Reimann battles with the clash of idealism and suppression, familial loyalty and desire. The result is this ground-breaking classic of post-war East German literature.
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Reviewed by ToniCharlotteIch fand den Schreibstil der Autorin anstrengend. Wobei in der Nachbesprechung deutlich wird, dass der Schreibstil so von der Autorin in der ursprünglichen Fassung nicht angedacht war. Die Geschichte an sich gab mir jedoch einen guten Einblick in die damaligen Geschehnisse, Gedanken und Gefühle, die so sicher in vielen Familien vorhanden waren