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One Day a Year, 1960-2000.(Brief article)(Book review)

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Few writing careers have been as public as that of Wolf, East Germany's most famous writer; she was both a loyal supporter of her country and a fervent critic (watched by the Stasi and also, for a brief period early in her career, informing for it), and then became a bitter opponent of German reunification. This remarkable book offers insight into the mind behind the public figure, collecting accounts that Wolf has written over forty years describing her life on each September 27th as precisely as ...

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