Though the German Democratic Republic collapsed in 1990, many of its greatest writers are relatively unknown to Americans and Western Europeans. This volume attempts to redress this situation.

Contents:

• The New Sufferings of Young W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf
• Everyday Life Under Socialism
  • Suffer the Little Children... by Wolfgang Kohlhaase
  • Hans Garbe Tells His Story by Käthe Rülicke
  • Electric Power by Erwin Strittmatter
  • Hartholz by Erik Neutsch
  • On the Way by Werner Bräunig
  • Description of My Friends by Fritz Rudolf Fries
  • The Christmas Story by Jurij Brězan
  • Property Damage by Helga Königsdorf
  • The Earthquake at Sangerhausen by Helga Schütz
  • My Friend, a Poet of Love by Reiner Kunze
  • Forget-Me-Not by Günter de Bruyn
  • Solid Ground by Wolfgang Hilbig
  • Love Story - Made in The GDR by Günter Kunert
• Women in the GDR
  • Anna and the Men's Strike by Friedrich Wolf
  • White Easter by Irmtraud Morgner
  • The Fear of Love by Maxie Wander
  • A Remarkable Example of Determination in Women by Sarah Kirsch
  • Sibylle N. by Irina Liebmann
  • This Winter by Angela Stachowa
  • I Have Married Again by Christine Wolter
• Coming to Tems with the Nazi Past
  • The Jew Car by Franz Fühmann
  • Mouse Party by Johannes Bobrowski
  • The Reed by Anna Seghers
  • My Peace by Stephan Hermlin
  • Change at the City Center by Heinz Knobloch
  • The Father by Heiner Müller
  • For the Files by Hermann Kant
• The End of the GDR
  • I Saw Stalin Once When I Was a Child by Christoph Hein
  • I Have Never Drunk Champagne by Erich Loest
  • I.M. by F. Hendrik Melle
  • The Reunion by Beate Morgenstern
  • Property by Stefan Heym
  • The Raft of Utopia by Joachim Walther
  • The Invincible Monument by Daniela Dahn
  • Beautiful Summer" by Joochen Laabs

Edited by Therese Hörnigk and Alexander Stephan