City of Angels or The Overcoat of Dr Freud

In "City of Angels," Christa Wolf reflects on her life under the three forms of German states and societies, on breaks and new beginnings. It is a letter against forgetting, begun at a time when forgetting would have been a relief for the author. In 1993, the hatred of the feuilleton pours out in Germany against the alleged Stasi informant Christa Wolf. A stay in Los Angeles provides her with the vital distance she needs. In approaching this city, she also comes closer to herself. A touching search for identity and a powerful affirmation of life - read by the author herself.