Synopsis
Set in 1990, following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, this story presents scenes from post-unification life in the small town of Altenburg. It shows a society marked by unemployment and casual racial violence, where ordinary life struggles to adapt in the aftermath of the Berlin Wall.
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"Ingo Schulze is our new epic storyteller." --Gunter Grass, Nobel Prize-winning author of "The Tin Drum"
"[Simple Stories] explores the aftermath of living in what was perhaps the most spied-on society in history. . . . with snapshots of the confusion, insecurity and sorrow that accompany freedom." -"Chicago Tribune
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"Tremendously rewarding. . . . Schulze creates a precarious and affectionate backdrop against which his heroes struggle to live out their simple stories." -"Los Angeles Times
" "Wonderful.... Schulze is a baroquely expansive comic."-"The""New York Times Book Review"
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An international bestseller from the most exciting new German writer of the last decade.
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Simple Stories (a first printing)
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Picador,uk, 2000
ISBN 10: 0330392697
ISBN 13: 9780330392693
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