Forty Years. A life report

Günter de Bruyn experiences the founding of the GDR at the age of 22 and its end at 63. He recounts these 40 years here. He describes his working years as a librarian in East Berlin and his early successes as a writer, which also made him known in the West. He depicts encounters with writers such as Heinrich Böll, Wolf Biermann, and Christa Wolf, as well as with SED officials like Hermann Kant and Klaus Höpcke. He consistently takes a critical look at his own actions as a citizen of a dictatorial state, with diligence and unflinching honesty. Sylvester Groth reads the unabridged version of this impressive life story. Unabridged reading with Sylvester Groth, 1 mp3-CD, running time 515 min.