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The author was arguably the best-known and most influential writer in the former East Germany. In this title, she revisits her stay at a tuberculosis hospital in the winter of 1946, a real-life event that was the inspiration for the closing scenes of her 1976 novel Patterns of Childhood.

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"At a time when East and West, bristling with weapons, faced off in rigid ideological confrontation, Wolf wrote books that crossed and overcame this divide, books that have lasted: the great, allegorical novels, the personal account of illness and pain." (Gunter Grass)"

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      Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/03/2014
      ISBN13: 9780857421869, 978-0857421869
      ISBN10: 0857421867

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The author was arguably the best-known and most influential writer in the former East Germany. In this title, she revisits her stay at a tuberculosis hospital in the winter of 1946, a real-life event that was the inspiration for the closing scenes of her 1976 novel Patterns of Childhood.

      Trade Review
      "At a time when East and West, bristling with weapons, faced off in rigid ideological confrontation, Wolf wrote books that crossed and overcame this divide, books that have lasted: the great, allegorical novels, the personal account of illness and pain." (Gunter Grass)"

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