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ISBN: 0226904954
Author: Wolf, Christa
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What Remains collects Christa Wolf's short fiction, from early work in the sixties to the widely debated title story, first published in Germany in 1990. Addressing a wide range of topics, from sexual politics to the nature of memory, these powerful and often very personal stories offer a fascinating introduction to Wolf's work.What Remains and Other Stories . . . is clear and farsighted. The eight heartfelt stories in the book show why she has been respected as a serious author since her 1968 novel, The Quest for Christa T. . . . Wolf uses her own experiences and observations to create universal themes about the controls upon human freedom.-Herbert Mitgang, New York TimesChrista Wolf has set herself nothing less than the task of exploring what it is to be a conscious human being alive in a moment of history.-Mary Gordon, New York Times Book ReviewThe simultaneous publication of these two volumes offers readers here a generous sampling of the short fiction, speeches and essays that Wolf has produced over the last three decades.-Mark Harman, Boston Globe
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