Name: I Have no Regrets: Diaries, 1955–1963 (The Seagull Library of German Literature)
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Author: Lucy Jones
ISBN: 9781803091808

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I Have no Regrets: Diaries, 1955–1963 (The Seagull Library of German Literature)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Brigitte Reimann

Translated by

Lucy Jones

Publisher

Seagull Books

Language

English

Pages

500

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 12.7 x 2.8 cm

ISBN13

9781803091808

Synopsis "I Have no Regrets: Diaries, 1955–1963 (The Seagull Library of German Literature) "

Frank and refreshing, Brigitte Reimann's collected diaries provide a candid account of life in socialist Germany. With an upbeat tempo and amusing tone, I Have No Regrets contains detailed accounts of the author's love affairs, daily life, writing, and reflections. Like the heroines in her stories, Reimann was impetuous and outspoken, addressing issues and sensibilities otherwise repressed in the era of the German Democratic Republic. She followed the state's call for artists to leave their ivory towers and engage with the people, moving to the new town of Hoyerswerda to work part-time at a nearby industrial plant and run writing classes for the workers. Her diaries and letters provide a fascinating parallel to her fictional writing. By turns shocking, passionate, unflinching, and bitter--but above all life-affirming--they offer an unparalleled insight into what life was like during the first decades of the GDR.

Lucy Jones

(Translated by)

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Lucy Jones es una escritora y periodista residente en Hampshire, Inglaterra. Ha trabajado en NME y The Daily Telegraph, y ha publicado artículos sobre cultura, ciencia y naturaleza en GQ, BBC Wildlife, The Sunday Times, The Guardian y New Statesman.

Es la autora de Foxes Unearthed, que ganó el premio Roger Deakin de la Society of Authors en 2015; Perdiendo el Edén (Gatopardo, 2021), nominado al premio Wainwright y elegido como libro del año por The Times y The Telegraph, y Matrescencia, «un análisis apasionante de lo que significa ser madre» (The Observer), nominado al primer Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.

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