All that i am, is moving and beautifully written, equal parts a love story, thriller and testament to individual heroism. The character of anna funder in stasiland from litcharts. All that i am isbn 9780857962775 pdf epub anna funder. Stasiland stories from behind the berlin wall download pdf. At the end of all that i am the protagonist ruth muses. Stasiland, anna funders 2004 samuel johnson prizewinner, was a collection of accounts of life in the former east germany as related by both victims and perpetrators of the regime. Set against the backdrop of the rise of hitler and outbreak of world war ii, all that i am follows the lives of four leftwing german activists as they work to oppose nazism. Anna funder is the australian author and narrator of stasiland. Annas most recent work is all that i am, has been shortlisted for the miles franklin and prime ministers literary. Sep 16, 2011 anna funder s story of dissidents in naziera germany deals with themes of freedom and betrayal rachel cusk fri 16 sep 2011 17.
Sep 03, 2011 funder s title, all that i am, echoes tollers autobiography, i was a german, and primo levis account of his imprisonment in auschwitz, if this is a man. It evokes books like irene nemirovskys suite francaise, bernard schlinks the reader and william boyds restless. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Anna funder author anna funder is the author of the international bestseller stasiland, which won the 2004 samuel johnson prize and was published in 20 countries and translated into 16 languages. Stasiland, anna funder s 2004 samuel johnson prizewinner, was a collection of accounts of life in the former east germany as related by both victims and perpetrators of the regime. One september morning, elderly ruth wesemann wakes to the sound of a parcel being delivered to her door. Related photos all that i am by anna funder supplied. In her debut novel, the australian writer anna funder weaves together fact and fiction to produce a compelling and moving portrait of the. Seven years later, in her novel all that i am, she went on to conjure up a succession of small, remote worlds berlin under hitler, london during the years of. Read online or download all that i am or find more pdf epub kindle books of the same genre or category.
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The first thing i did after finishing anna funders debut novel all that i am was to order a copy of ernst tollers autobiography i was a german. We meet him holed up in a new york hotel in 1939, increasingly despairing of shaking the united states out of its apathy about the nazi threat. Anna funder, winner of the samuel johnson prize and author of stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii in all that i am when hitler comes to power in 1933, a tightknit group of friends and lovers become hunted outlaws overnight. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of anna funder s all that i am, a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance.
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All that i am is australian novelist anna funder s first fictional work. A powerful extract from anna funders newest novel, all that i am, read by judy bennett and saul reichlin. A brilliant narrativeevery part beautifully rendered and balancedit works as a gripping spy novelfunders prose raises the book to a different levelthis book is a wonder. May 30, 2016 all that i am book club notes share this based on the stories of real people and events, anna funders all that i am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs, and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places.
Aug 29, 2011 anna funder s all that i am is a work that is inspired by fact and is drawn from interviews and published works of the lives of a group of jewish germans who actively resisted the rise of adolf as an author of nonfiction, it is frustrating when my work is compared unfavourably with a work of fiction on the same subject. Her multiaward winning novel all that i am was an homage to four extraordinary german antihitler activists in exile in london in the 1930s. It won the miles franklin prize, spent over one and a half years on the bestseller list, and is being made into a feature film. When hitler comes to power in 1933, a tightknit group of friends and lovers.
The gripping first novel by anna funder, the acclaimed author of stasiland, based on a true story. One september morning, elderly ruth wesemann wakes to the sound of a parcel being. Toller features as a character in funders much anticipated book. In her debut novel, the australian writer anna funder weaves together fact and fiction to produce a compelling and moving portrait of the struggle against nazi oppression. So begins anna funders all that i am a robust opening sentence for a novel that pits a. All that i am winner of the miles franklin prize, the barbara jefferis prize, the indie best debut fiction, the indie book of the year 2012, the abia best literary fiction, the abia book of the year 2012 and the. In all that i am, anna funder delivers a sweeping first novel that covers love and war, friendship and betrayal, and the bonds that define a life. Her debut novel, all that i am, has won many prizes, including the prestigious miles franklin literary award. It follows characters affected by the nazi regime in prewar germany and britain the book was first published in 2011 by penguin books. It was the first book to reveal the true horrors perpetrated by.
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