The first-ever English translation reveals the inner voice of a brilliant Bolshevik journalist and politician. Through this dramatic history by Stefan Heym, we become intimate with the story of the maverick and internationalist Karl Radek, known as the editor of the newspaper of record throughout the Soviet era, Isvestia.
In this retelling of the biblical story, King Solomon commissions Ethan the Scribe to write the official history of King David. In return for the finest cooking in the land and the wages of a minor prophet, Ethan must write a proper record, full of glory and battles, statecraft and honor--a tribute to David and, of course, to Solomon, his heir. But as Ethan explores the story, he finds another life hidden behind the iron curtain dividing past from present: the story of a David who seduced, lied, bragged, and plundered his way to power. Ethan wonders: which life should be reported in the King David Report?Written by one of Germany's most acclaimed dissident authors, The King David Report is both an analysis of the writer's obligations to truth, and an astute satire on the workings of history and politics in a totalitarian state.
After years of Soviet imprisonment, Daniel Wollin returns to East Germany in the late 1950s, following Krushchev's secret speech. Daniel is taken in by his former colleague Arnold. Together they work to redesign the communist future. But Julia, Arnold's wife begins to uncover the lies holding her marriage together.
Auch seine Aufzeichnungen, entstanden zur Zeit der Biermann- Ausbürgerung und ergänzt durch unbekannte Stasi-Dossiers, zeigen die Mechanismen der Einschüchterung und Manipulation des DDR- Staatsapparats auf. Gleichzeitig ist das Buch jedoch ein Beispiel für den Widerstand von DDR- Intellektuellen lange vor der Wende und läßt sich ebenso als persönlicher Erlebnisbericht wie auch als brisantes politisches Lehrstück lesen.
