Wall flower : a life on the German border /
Kuczynski, Rita,
Wall flower : a life on the German border / Rita Kuczynski ; translated by Anthony J. Steinhoff. - 1 online resource. - German and European Studies . - German and European studies. .
Translation of: Mauerblume.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Foreword / Note On The Translation -- Map of Berlin (c. 1960) -- Map of Central Berlin -- WALL FLOWER. A Life on the German Border / NOTES Steinhoff, Anthony J. -- Kuczynski, Rita --
"In August 1961, seventeen-year-old Rita Kuczynski was living with her grandmother and studying piano at a conservatory in West Berlin. Caught in East Berlin by the rise of the Berlin Wall while on a summer visit to her parents, she found herself trapped behind the Iron Curtain for the next twenty-eight years. Kuczynski's fascinating memoir relates her experiences of life in East Germany as a student, a fledgling academic philosopher, an independent writer, and, above all, as a woman. Though she was never a true believer in Communism, Rita gained entry into the circles of the East German intellectual elite through her husband Thomas Kuczynski. There, in the privileged world that she calls "the gardens of the nomenklatura," she saw first-hand the contradictions at the heart of life for the East German intelligentsia. Published in English for the very first time twenty-six years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Wall Flower offers a rare--and critical--look at life among the East German elite. Told with wrywit and considerable candor, Kuczynski's story offers a fascinating perspective on the rise and fall of East Germany."--
9781442616356 (electronic bk.) 1442616350 (electronic bk.)
4669185 Proquest Ebook Central 22573/ctvg2f5fq JSTOR
Kuczynski, Rita.
Kuczynski, Rita.
1900-1999
Authors, German--20th century--Biography.
Elite (Social sciences)--Germany (East)
Écrivains allemands--20e siècle--Biographies.
Élite (Sciences sociales)--Allemagne (Est)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--German.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Authors, German.
Elite (Social sciences)
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Germany (East)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Germany (East)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Germany (East)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
PT2671.U27
838/.91409
Wall flower : a life on the German border / Rita Kuczynski ; translated by Anthony J. Steinhoff. - 1 online resource. - German and European Studies . - German and European studies. .
Translation of: Mauerblume.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Foreword / Note On The Translation -- Map of Berlin (c. 1960) -- Map of Central Berlin -- WALL FLOWER. A Life on the German Border / NOTES Steinhoff, Anthony J. -- Kuczynski, Rita --
"In August 1961, seventeen-year-old Rita Kuczynski was living with her grandmother and studying piano at a conservatory in West Berlin. Caught in East Berlin by the rise of the Berlin Wall while on a summer visit to her parents, she found herself trapped behind the Iron Curtain for the next twenty-eight years. Kuczynski's fascinating memoir relates her experiences of life in East Germany as a student, a fledgling academic philosopher, an independent writer, and, above all, as a woman. Though she was never a true believer in Communism, Rita gained entry into the circles of the East German intellectual elite through her husband Thomas Kuczynski. There, in the privileged world that she calls "the gardens of the nomenklatura," she saw first-hand the contradictions at the heart of life for the East German intelligentsia. Published in English for the very first time twenty-six years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Wall Flower offers a rare--and critical--look at life among the East German elite. Told with wrywit and considerable candor, Kuczynski's story offers a fascinating perspective on the rise and fall of East Germany."--
9781442616356 (electronic bk.) 1442616350 (electronic bk.)
4669185 Proquest Ebook Central 22573/ctvg2f5fq JSTOR
Kuczynski, Rita.
Kuczynski, Rita.
1900-1999
Authors, German--20th century--Biography.
Elite (Social sciences)--Germany (East)
Écrivains allemands--20e siècle--Biographies.
Élite (Sciences sociales)--Allemagne (Est)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--German.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Authors, German.
Elite (Social sciences)
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Germany (East)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Germany (East)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Germany (East)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
PT2671.U27
838/.91409