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Stasiland, anna funders 2004 samuel johnson prizewinner, was a collection of accounts of life in the former east germany as related by both victims and perpetrators of the regime. Stasiland, anna funder s 2004 samuel johnson prizewinner, was a collection of accounts of life in the former east germany as related by both victims and perpetrators of the regime. All that i am is australian novelist anna funder s first fictional work. Anna funder, winner of the samuel johnson prize and author of stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii in all that i am.
Based on true events, all that i am is testament to some of the earliest now forgotten heroes of the resistance to hitler. It won the miles franklin prize, spent over one and a half years on the bestseller list, and is being made into a. Sep 01, 2011 from anna funder, the author of stasiland, a thriller and a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance. Her multiaward winning novel all that i am was an homage to four extraordinary german antihitler activists in exile in london in the 1930s.
Ernst toller, the leftwing activist playwright is discussing with w. It follows characters affected by the nazi regime in prewar germany and britain the book was first published in 2011 by penguin books. Inspiring, tragic and based on real events, all that i am is a masterful and devastating novel of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and. Aug 29, 2011 anna funder s all that i am is a work that is inspired by fact and is drawn from interviews and published works of the lives of a group of jewish germans who actively resisted the rise of adolf as an author of nonfiction, it is frustrating when my work is compared unfavourably with a work of fiction on the same subject. Audenthe poet his reluctance to write about dora fabian in his autobiography. It evokes books like irene nemirovskys suite francaise, bernard schlinks the reader and william boyds restless. All that i am by anna funder, 9780062077578, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Aug 22, 2011 in this episode of off the page, carol george talks to anna funder, author of stasiland about her new novel all that i am.
All that i am, is moving and beautifully written, equal parts a love story, thriller and testament to individual heroism. If you are the publisher or author of this book and. Sep 03, 2011 funder s title, all that i am, echoes tollers autobiography, i was a german, and primo levis account of his imprisonment in auschwitz, if this is a man. Anna funder s stasiland available for download and read online in other formats. Toller features as a character in funders much anticipated book. The novel is told in past and present, and the voices of two characters, ruth and ernst. All that i am book club notes penguin books australia. Anna funders all that i am is a work that is inspired by fact and is drawn from interviews and published works of the lives of a group of jewish germans who actively resisted the rise of adolf as an author of nonfiction, it is frustrating when my work is compared unfavourably with a work of fiction on the same subject. Funder went to primary school in melbourne and paris. Beginning in 1994 and ending in 2000, she makes three trips to berlin to work for a german tv station and, more importantly, study the way the citys people are adjusting to the recent collapse of the east german state. Winner of the 2012 miles franklin literary award the gripping first novel by anna funder, the acclaimed author of stasiland, based on a true story.
All that i am is moving and beautifully written, equal parts love story, thriller and testament to individual heroism. Anna funders international bestseller, stasiland, won the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction. May 30, 2016 all that i am book club notes share this based on the stories of real people and events, anna funders all that i am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs, and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places. May 10, 2012 anna funder, winner of the samuel johnson prize and author of stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii in all that i am. Anna funder author anna funder s international bestseller, stasiland, won the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction. All that i am was published to critical and popular acclaim in the uk where it was both bbc book of the week and book at bedtime and australia where it has spent nine months on the bestseller list, twice at no. In her debut novel, the australian writer anna funder weaves together fact and fiction to produce a compelling and moving portrait of the struggle against nazi oppression. Anna funder is the australian author and narrator of stasiland.
The author uses an unnecessary framing device, having two of the dissidents tell their sometimesoverlapping versions of events. When hitler comes to power in 1933, a tightknit group of friends and lovers become hunted outlaws overnight. All that i am is testament to some of the earliestnow forgottenheroes of the resistance to hitler. Her debut novel, all that i am, has won many prizes, including the prestigious miles franklin literary award.
Read all that i am a novel by anna funder available from rakuten kobo. Anna funder did do an excellent job at writing this novel. All that i am by anna funder penguin books australia. And for sneaking off for a quiet read beside a creek towards the end of my campervan holiday. Anna funder lives in brooklyn, new york, with her husband and children. A brilliant narrativeevery part beautifully rendered and balancedit works as a gripping spy novelfunders prose raises the book to a different levelthis book is a wonder. Pdf anna funder s stasiland download full pdf book. Sep 16, 2011 anna funder s story of dissidents in naziera germany deals with themes of freedom and betrayal rachel cusk fri 16 sep 2011 17. Download pdf anna funder s stasiland book full free. Anna funder s international bestseller, stasiland, won the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction. Anna funder proved herself a firstrate reporter with stasiland now she appears as a compelling novelist in a dark story of german emigres in the 1930s. Having visited berlin in 1987 and 1995, her book on the east germany secret police. From anna funder, the author of stasiland, a thriller and a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance. It won the miles franklin prize, spent over one and a half years on the bestseller list, and is being made into a feature film.
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