After the Wall : Confessions from an East German Childhood and the Life That Came Next

by HENSEL JANA

• ISBN13: 9781586482664
• ISBN10: 1586482661
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-26
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

For the fifteenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall: The bittersweet memoir of a young East German woman, searching for her country and herself

Author Biography

Jana Hensel was born in Leipzig, East Germany, in 1976. She is currently a freelance journalist living in Berlin. After the Wall, published in German under the title Zonenkinder, was a major bestseller in Germany. Jefferson Chase has previously translated The Culture of Defeat by Wolfgang Schivelbusch and Death in Venice and Other Stories by Thomas Mann. A journalist and writer, he lives in Berlin.

Table of Contents

Timeline	v
That Warm Fuzzy Feeling of Togetherness: On Growing Up in the GDR	1	(18)
Gateway to Nowhere: On Searching for Home	19	(24)
The Ugly Years: On Our Battles with Bad Taste	43	(20)
Role Reversals: On Dealing with Our Parents	63	(18)
Give Us This Day Our Daily Pledge: On Our Education	81	(40)
The World Is Our Oyster: On Love and Friendship	121	(22)
The Most Important Thing Is to Win: On Phys Ed and Sports	143	(14)
Go West, Young Man: On Our Future	157	(10)
A Note from the Translator	167