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Stasiland
''Stasiland'' by Anna Funder is a book first published in Australia by Text Publishing in 2002 about individuals who resisted the German Democratic Republic, East German regime, and others who worked for its secret police, the Stasi. It tells the story of what it was like to work for the Stasi, and describes how those who did so now come to terms, or do not, with their pasts. Funder, an Australian, found that Germans often resorted to stereotypes in describing the Ossi (East Germans), Ossis, the German nickname for those who lived in East Germany, dismissing questions about civil resistance. She used classified ads to reach former members of the Stasi and anti-Stasi organizations and interviewed them extensively. __TOC__ Reception Chris Mitchell of ''Spike Magazine'' called it "an essential insight into the totalitarian regime". Giles MacDonogh wrote in ''The Guardian'' that the culture of informants and moral capitulations "comes wonderfully to life in Funder's racy account". ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Funder
Anna Funder (born 1966) is an Australian author. She is the author of '' Stasiland'' and '' All That I Am'' and the novella ''The Girl With the Dogs''. Life Funder went to primary school in Melbourne and Paris; she attended Star of the Sea College and graduated as Dux in 1983. She studied at the University of Melbourne and the Freie Universität of Berlin, and holds a BA (Hons) and LLB (Hons). She also has an MA from the University of Melbourne and a Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Technology Sydney. Funder worked for the Australian Government as an international lawyer in human rights, constitutional law and treaty negotiation, before turning to writing full-time in the late 1990s. Anna Funder's writing has received numerous accolades and awards. Her essays, feature articles and columns have appeared in numerous publications, such as ''The Guardian'', ''The Sunday Times'', ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', ''Best Australian Essays'' and ''The Monthly''. She has t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |