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| Author:
| Hilbig, Wolfgang |
| Translator:
| Cole, Isabel Fargo |
| Series title: | The German List Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-85742-234-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2015 |
| Publisher: | Seagull Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $27.50 |
Book Description:
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'W.’ seems a mere hanger-on in East Berlin’s postmodern underground literary scene; in fact, he is a Stasi informer, reporting to the mercurial David Bowie lookalike Major Feuerbach. Yet what W. really seeks in Berlin’s underground labyrinths are his own lost memories, the self undone by surveillance: his 'I’. As he delves toward the truth, the state collapses around him. Published in Germany in 1993 and hailed as a classic, the penetrating vision of...
More Description'W.’ seems a mere hanger-on in East Berlin’s postmodern underground literary scene; in fact, he is a Stasi informer, reporting to the mercurial David Bowie lookalike Major Feuerbach. Yet what W. really seeks in Berlin’s underground labyrinths are his own lost memories, the self undone by surveillance: his 'I’. As he delves toward the truth, the state collapses around him. Published in Germany in 1993 and hailed as a classic, the penetrating vision of I has only gained in resonance. This black comedy of state power and the seductions of surveillance is the perfect book for paranoid times.