Der Zustand meiner Welt

The touching self-portrait of a figure of the century Nowhere did Erwin Strittmatter express himself as openly as in these late diaries. In his early fifties, in the "best time of his life," the impositions of aging still lie ahead of him. Crises, emotional chaos, and discord run through the years, as do probing self-questioning and conflicts over censorship. The critical observer soberly follows the dissolution of the GDR. He is a poet who aspires to the ideal of serenity, a master of poetic reflection. "A treasure trove on everyday life in the GDR and the Wende era." SZ At no other point in his work does Erwin Strittmatter express himself so openly and so intimately as in these late diaries. He speaks of energy-sapping marital crises, the emotional chaos into which his estrangement from his wife Eva plunges him, his jealousy of his sons' relationship with their Mu.