Nachdenken über Christa T. begründete den Weltruhm Christa Wolfs und gehört zu den wichtigsten Werken der deutschsprachigen Nachkriegsliteratur. Mit nur 36 Jahren stirbt Christa T. an Leukämie. Ihre ehemalige Schulkameradin und Studienfreundin erinnert sich an sie: an eine Frau, die der Ford[...]

Christa Wolf was arguably the best-known and most influential writer in the former East Germany. Growing up during the Nazi regime, she was forced to flee her home with her family, nearly starving to death in the process. Her earliest novels were controversial because they contained veiled criticism[...]

Documenting four painful years in the life of German writer Christa Wolf, this collection of essays, letters and diary entries portrays the cultural and political situation in the former German Democratic Republic. An admired writer, Wolf was reviled after the publication of her novel "What Remains"[...]

Three years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the writer Christa Wolf began to sort through her newly declassified Stasi files. Known for her defiance and outspokenness, Wolf was not especially surprised to discover forty-two volumes of documents collected by the East German secret police. But what[...]

In this volume, the distinguished East German writer Christa Wolf retells the story of the fall of Troy, but from the point of view of the woman whose visionary powers earned her contempt and scorn. Written as a result of the author's Greek travels and studies, "Cassandra speaks to us in a pressing [...]

This is a book-length chronological study in English of Christa Wolf's works. It traces the development and continuity of the writer's major themes and concerns against the backdrop of her constantly evolving relationship to Marxism, and documents the rise of her feminist consciousness. It does not,[...]

Ein spannendes Leben, ein beeindruckendes Werk, eine bleibende Wirkung - in drei Teilen und im überschaubaren Umfang von 160 Seiten erzählen die Suhrkamp BasisBiographien von Leben, Werk und Wirkung großer Persönlichkeiten der Weltgeschichte.[...]

Gesundwerden bedeutet, Kranksein nicht mehr für den einzig möglichen Zustand zu halten. Zu dieser Erkenntnis gelangt die Erzählerin, nachdem sie wochenlang gegen eine lebensbedrohliche Krankheit gekämpft hat. Vom Aufenthalt im Krankenhaus, vom Umgang mit Ärzten und Pflegepersonal, aber auch von[...]