At the time "New Glory" ("Neue Herrlichkeit)" was published in 1984, most dissident authors had fled the German Democratic Republic, then in its final years. Gunter de Bruyn courageously remained to satirize the regime from behind the Iron Curtain. He is a popular writer and cultural commentator in unified Germany."
New Glory "tells the story of Viktor Kosling, a privileged young man from the GDR about to embark on a diplomatic career. He retreats to "New Glory," a state-run resort in rural Brandenburg run by a corrupt director, to finish his dissertation on "The Foreign Policy of the...
At the time "New Glory" ("Neue Herrlichkeit)" was published in 1984, most dissident authors had fled the German Democratic Republic, then in its fi...
