Posted on 03/05/08
My father, my family, my Germany
MY FATHER'S COUNTRYThe Story of a German FamilyBy Wibke BruhnsTranslated by Shaun WhitesideBond Street, 361 pages, $35Wibke Bruhns's very personal account of her family's fate across two centuries of turbulent German history has been a huge success in her homeland. Published there in hardcover in 2004, it is presently in its eighth paperback printing. Lavished with praise for its heartrending honesty and literary power, it has also been criticized for exploiting rather than enlightening the past.
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