Werner Braunig was once regarded as the great hope of East German literature until an extract from "Rummelplatz" was read before the East German censorship authorities in 1965, and fierce opposition summarily sealed its fate. The novel s sin? It painted an all too accurate picture of East German society. "Rummelplatz," translated here by Samuel P. Willcocks, focuses on a notorious East German uranium mine, run by the Soviets and supplying the brotherland s nuclear program. Veterans, fortune seekers, and outsiders with tenuous family ties like narrator Peter Loose flock to the well-paying...
Werner Braunig was once regarded as the great hope of East German literature until an extract from "Rummelplatz" was read before the East German censo...
