21.11.2018
Uwe Tellkamp: ‘The Tower’
Winner of the German Book Prize, translated into many languages: Uwe Tellkamp's monumental work revives a vanished world in Dresden's bourgeoisie during the late GDR period, offering a major novel about society.
More about DW’s project 100 German Must-Reads, German-language novels in English translation.
Christa Wolf: ‘They Divided the Sky’
Was the GDR really the better Germany? Does standing up for your own political ideals pay off? Christa Wolf has her qualms — and yet she defends the moral advantages of socialist daily life.