Folio Society Published Works Number 3260
Funder, Anna - Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
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Funder, Anna - Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall (Published in by The Folio Society in 2016. Introduced by the author. Blending investigative journalism with the personal approach of a writer both fascinated and appalled by her subject, this is an award-winning portrait of life under 'one of the most savage surveillance regimes ever known'. With previously unpublished photographs by the author. Three-quarter-bound in cloth with a printed Modigliani paper front board. 288 pages. Set in Magna. Frontispiece and 24 pages of colour photographs, 2 maps. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Plain slipcase. In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited and East Germany ceased to exist. Several years later, in 1996, Anna Funder, working for a TV station in what was formerly West Berlin, met Miriam Weber, who tried to climb over the Wall aged 16 and was caught. Miriam was imprisoned, interrogated and tortured; the Stasi came into her life and never let her go. Skilfully interweaving historical detail with eyewitness testimony, Stasiland is a masterpiece of modern journalism, a powerful account of a brutal world that has become a contemporary classic. This edition was prepared in close collaboration with the author. As well as a new introduction exploring the book's reception in Germany, she has provided previously unpublished photographs of the places and people featured in the book. )
