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The Politics of Memory: Looking for Germany in the New Germany

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by: Jane Kramer See Larger Image List Price: $27.50 Price: $6.65 You Save: $20.85 (76%) as of 12/18/2009 18:41 EST Used Price: $0.84 Collectible Price: $25.00 Third Party New Price: $6.65 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 907.2043 EAN: 9780679448723 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0679448721 Label: Random House Manufacturer: Random House Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 293 Publication Date: October 01, 1996 Publisher: Random House Release Date: October 01, 1996 Studio: Random House Related Items: The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and its Realities The East German Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives in the Interpretation of the GDR The Captain's Fire In Pursuit of German Memory: History, Television, and Politics after Auschwitz see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Germany has been the planet's most perplexing country this century. A prime instigator of World War I, it quickly rebounded from an annihilating defeat in that conflict to rise as a nationalist aggressor with designs on world domination. The latter half of the century has found Germany prospering as an economic power while serving as the dividing line--and then unifying locus--of East and West. Where the country's actual identity lies is the topic of consideration for this collection of essays. In this illuminating compilation, Jane Kramer, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, addresses the role of Germany's lurking past in its attempts to embrace the future. Product Description: In this illuminating, beautifully written collection of essays, the acclaimed New Yorker writer reports on the zeitgeist of reunified Germany. Jane Kramer surveys the fraught moral and political landscape of today's Germany, where the reunification of East and West has brought into conflict two vastly different memories of what it means to "be German." Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - very good but flawed Kramer is a wonderful storyteller and an excellent reporter. The problem with this book is that Kramer's status as an outsider reporting on a country she doesn't even live in leads to overcompensation in the form of a transparent will to write an "insider's" tone into her essays. If I had a nickel for every time she referred to "the kids" and "the scene" as if she really knew anything but hearsay about German kids and scenes, or for the occurrences of "a lot of people say [x]" and "so-and-so likes ... Read More Rating: - The definitive book on recent Germany Kramer is one of the leading exponents of literary journalism, so it's perplexing that this book is out of print--especially since it contains several classic essays that she wrote for the New Yorker magazine. Some of the essays are over a decade old but they hold true and remain great reads. Most memorable are the ones on Berlin and the Wall--absolute gems of style and voicing that alone are worth the book's price. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Germany or living there.

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