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Her multiaward winning novel all that i am was an homage to four extraordinary german antihitler activists in exile in london in the 1930s. Anna funder is the author of the internationally acclaimed prizewinner stasiland, and the no. She allows exstasi operatives an equal chance to reflect on. All that i am isbn 9780857962775 pdf epub anna funder ebook. What do these different viewpoints add to the telling. In 2012 the miles franklin award went to anna funder s all that i am. The current generation needs to know of what happened in the past and take lessons warning from it. All that i am by anna funder penguin books australia.
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. There are echoes of the best espionage tales sunday telegraph uk. All that i am by anna funder when eighteenyearold ruth becker visits her cousin dora in munich in 1923, she meets the love of her life, the dashing young journalist hans wesemann, and eagerly joins in the heady activities of the militant political left in germany. All that i am by anna funder, 9780062077578, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. 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 when eighteenyearold ruth becker visits her cousin dora in munich in 1923, she meets the love of her life, the dashing young journalist hans wesemann, and eagerly joins in the. All that i am was published to critical and popular acclaim in the uk where it was both bbc book of the week and book at bedtime and australia where it has spent nine months on the bestseller list, twice at no. She has worked as an international lawyer specializing in human rights and constitutional law. She has worked as an international lawyer and a radio and television producer. All that i am is australian novelist anna funders first fictional work. It was released february 2012 in the usa and italy and other countries around the world to follow. The character of anna funder in stasiland from litcharts. Aug 21, 2019 anna funder stasiland pdf posted on august 21, 2019 by admin stasiland by anna funder is a book about individuals who resisted the east german regime, and others who worked for its secret police, the stasi. 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.
May 10, 2012 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. The first edition of the novel was published in 2003, and was written by anna funder. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 288 pages and is available in paperback format. She is the author of stasiland and all that i am and the novella the girl with the dogs. 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. 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.