Books
by Anna Funder
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All That I Am |
A gripping account of the real-life efforts of the Anti-Nazi movement in the early 1930s in Germany and London. Told as a novel, but using the authentic names of movements and Underground leaders of the time - all acknowledged in an extensive bibliography - it is largely the reflection of two survivors. It is intimate while at the same time dealing with some of the most cataclysmic events of the 20th century. Unputdownable!
(Margaret Teh - bwl 64 Spring 2012) |
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Stasiland - Stories from behind the Berlin Wall |
An account of Cold War Berlin, told through people on both sides of the political divide. Moving stories of victims of the regime are interspersed with the author's own investigations. But most chilling are the accounts of the perpetrators, which give a real insight into how the Stasi was so successful. If you enjoyed the 2006 film 'The Lives of Others', read this to find out why that story could never have happened.
(Kate Hobson - bwl 45 April 2008) |
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