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Christa Wolf

Translated by Katy Derbyshire earliest edition we have, 2014 Seagull Books, 2019 80 pages

Christa Wolf was arguably the best-known and most influential writer in the former East Germany. Having grown up during the Nazi regime, she and her family were forced to flee their home like many others, nearly starving to death in the process. Her earliest novels were controversial because they contained veiled criticisms of the Communist regime which landed her on government watch lists. Her past continued to perm...

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Katy Derbyshire 1 printing we hold · 2019 · Seagull Books

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August edition · 2020 · Las migas también son pan · 9788494887345
August edition · 2019 · Seagull Books · 80 pages · 9780857427076
August (The German List) edition · 2014 · Seagull Books · 80 pages · 9780857421869

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