Table of Contents

Introduction: Alexander StephanTranslated by Jan vn HeurckUlrich Plenzdorf The New Sufferings of Young W. (Translated by Kenneth P. Wilcox)EVERYDAY LIFE UNDER SOCIALISMWolfgang Kohlhaase, Suffer the Little Children....Kaethe Ruelicke, Hans Garbe Tells His StoryErwin Strittmatter, Electric PowerErik Neutsch, HartholzWerner Braeunig, On the WayFritz Rudolf Fries, Description of My FriendsJurij Brezan, The Christmas StoryHelga Koenigsdorf, Property DamageHelga Schuetz, The Earthquake at SangerhausenReiner Kunze, My Friend, a Poet of LoveGuenter de Bruyn, Forget-Me-NotWolfgang Hilbig, Solid GroundGuenter Kunert, Love Story—Made in the GDRWOMEN IN THE GDRFriedrich Wolf, Anna and the Men's StrikeIrmtraud Morgner, White EasterMaxie Wander, The Fear of LoveSarah Kirsch, A Remarkable Example of Determination in WomanIrina Liebmann, Sybille N.Angela Stachowa, This WinterChristine Wolter, I Have Married AgainCOMING TO TERMS WITH THE NAZI PASTFranz Fuehmann, The Jew CarJohannes Bobrowski, Mouse PartyAnna Seghers, The ReedStephan Hermlin, My PeaceHeinz Knobloch, Change at City CenterHeiner Mueller, The FatherHermann Kant, For the FilesTHE END OF THE GDRChristoph Hein, I Saw Stalin Once When I Was a ChildErich Loest, I Have Never Drunk ChampagneF. Hendrik Melle, I.M.Beate Morgenstern, The ReunionStefan Heym, PropertyJoachim Walther, The Raft of UtopiaDaniela Dahn, The Invincible MonumentJoochen Laabs, Beautiful SummerAll translated by Jan van HeurckThe Authors