Adam and Evelyn
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
"Originally published in Germany as Adam and Evelyn by Berlin Verlang GmbH, Berlin, in 2008"--T.p. verso.
Ingo Schulze Book order
December 15, 1962
Ingo Schulze is a German writer whose work delves into the complexities of life in East Germany and its transformation after reunification. His style is characterized by sharp observations of human psychology and societal shifts, often exploring themes of identity, memory, and the search for meaning during turbulent times. Schulze's narratives are skillfully constructed, revealing the subtle nuances of everyday existence and their profound impact on individuals. His prose offers a unique lens through which to view transitional historical periods and their enduring influence on human lives.
- 2011
- 2009
New Lives. The Youth of Enrico Turmer in Letters and Prose
- 573 pages
- 21 hours of reading
Ingo Schulze's new novel explores the transformation of East Germany in January 1990 through Enrico Türmer, a former theater man turned startup journalist. Obsessed with personal gain, Enrico's letters reveal his ambitions and the complexities of life in both old and emerging Germany, embodying the era's moral ambiguities.
- 2002
Prize-winning German writer Ingo Schulze's first novel, Simple Stories, is a marvel of storytelling and craft. Set in the East German town of Altenburg after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it deftly leaps among an array of confused characters caught in the crossroads of their country’s history: a lovelorn waitress who falls for a visiting West German investor; an art historian turned traveling salesman; a former Communist official plagued by his past; an unsuccessful writer who asks his neighbor to break his leg so that he can continue to live on welfare. Schulze skillfully intercuts an assortment of moving and comic vignettes about seemingly unconnected people, gradually linking them into an exhilarating whole of tidal unity and emotional force, until we see that all the time we have been reading a novel in glittering fragments, spun by a master. With a piercing eye for detail and a magical ear for dialogue, Schulze portrays the tragi-comedy of ordinary people caught up in the last great historical upheaval of the century.
- 2001
Set in 1990 in Altenburg, Thuringia, the author depicts a society grappling with unemployment and racial violence. Ordinary life struggles to adapt in the wake of the Berlin Wall's fall, revealing the hidden truths of the East/West past.