The Novel of Hinze and Kunze
First published in 1985 after years of wrangling with the East German authorities, The Novel of Hinze and Kunze sparked plenty of debate before it even appeared, and Braun took...
First published in 1985 after years of wrangling with the East German authorities, The Novel of Hinze and Kunze sparked plenty of debate before it even appeared, and Braun took his revenge by incorporating much of those discussions into the novel itself. Kunze is a high-ranking functionary in the East German government, while Hinze is his driver. Kunze is interested in Hunze’s wife Lisa, as well as just about every other woman. These two figures allow Braun to take a ruthless look at East German society, at the tensions around sexuality and gender, and around the inequalities that existed in a supposedly classless society. A unique work from one of East Germany’s major writers.
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Spotlight on Authors from the Former East on German Unity Day
On German Unity Day, we’ve put together a collection of works by writers who were born or worked in East Germany.DISCOVER
Spotlight on Authors from the Former East on German Unity Day
On German Unity Day, we’ve put together a collection of works by writers who were born or worked in East Germany.Persons
Volker Braun
Born in Dresden in 1939, when he was younger, Braun worked as a printer and in an open pit mine. Subsequently, he studied philosophy in Leipzig and worked at the Berliner Ensemble until 1990. Volker Braun lives in Berlin.
Born in Dresden in 1939, when he was younger, Braun worked as a printer and in an open pit mine. Subsequently, he studied philosophy in Leipzig...
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
An Ongoing Attempt to Live With Violent Forces
Great Fugue
»What did you do in 2020?« The year when the world is »moved, all of a sudden, to stand still«. When the streets are »humanless«, the city is quietened and...
UK & ANZ (Smokestack Books)
Relocating the Secret Point
Relocating the Secret Point gathers underground texts and speeches. The collection opens with a satire of expatriation written in January 1977 and is followed by the radical pamphlet Büchner’s Letters; it contains essays on Shakespeare and Rimbaud, Goethe and Kafka: poetry and politics, and points to a shift in the work that will grow into a radical change.
Coup
Considering contemporary conditions, what possibilities does a writer have of effecting change? On intimate terms with all literary traditions, Volker Braun makes use of tried and tested prose forms to come closer to an answer: aphorisms, pieces of dialogue, quotes. In his workshop dreams, puzzling fragments, and stubborn truths all come to light.
This series of coup-like attacks...
Working Days 2
These were decisive years: Volker Braun redefines himself in the reunified Germany....
Work Book I
Sometimes...
Patchwork
Arabic world rights (Kalima), France (Métailié)
What's Really Wanted
Giorgio Badini, son of a Tuscan mason, now professor emeritus and owner of a country estate, is enjoying retirement with his wife. But the two pensioners suddenly find their house occupied by a...
Greece (Enastron)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: France (Inventaire)