Stasiland
Subtitle: stories from behind the Berlin Wall
By: Anna Funder
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780062077325
Copyright date: 2002
Subjects: Social life and customs; Anecdotes; Germany (East); Secret service; Germany (East). Ministerium für Staatssicherheit; Biography; History
Description: In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, and East Germany ceased to exist. Funder brings us tales of real lives in the former East Germany, providing a powerful account of that brutal world.
Notes: Originally published: 2002.

Various printings.

"A hardcover edition of this book was published in Australia byText Publishing and in the United Kingdom by Granta Books, both in 2003-- T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-286).
Table of contents: title: Berlin, Winter 1966; title: Miriam; title: Bornholmer Bridge; title: Charlie; title: The linoleum palace; title: Stasi HQ; title: The smell of old men; title: Telephone calls; title: Julia has no story; title: The Italian boyfriend; title: Major N.; title: The Lipsi; title: Von Schni; title: The worse you feel; title: Herr Christian; title: Socialist man; title: Drawing the line; title: The plate; title: Klaus; title: Herr Bock of Golm; title: Frau Paul; title: The deal; title: Hohenschönhausen; title: Herr Bohnsack; title: Berlin, Spring 2000; title: The Wall; title: Puzzlers; title: Miriam and Charlie.