Funder is a creative arts graduate of university of technology, sydney uts and produced all that i am as the creative component of her doctor of creative arts thesis. Anna funder and the miles franklin decision, liticism, 21 june 2012. Mar 21, 2012 based on real people and events, 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. Anna funder will be appearing at the perth writers festival at. Take a look at our reading group questions and notes and make your next book club discussion one to.
Based on the stories of real people and events, anna funders. Having visited berlin in 1987 and 1995, her book on the east germany secret police before and after the wall piqued my interest. Based on reallife events and people, all that i am brings to. It follows characters affected by the nazi regime in prewar germany and britain. Find the best essay sample on anna funder stasiland in our leading paper example online catalog.
Stasiland characters from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. She allows exstasi operatives an equal chance to reflect on their achievements, and findsto her dismay and oursthat they have learned nothing. A failure of criticism would be a great disservice to. Anna funders story of dissidents in naziera germany deals with themes of freedom and betrayal. On april 1st, 1935 dora and mathilde are lifeless found side by side in bed. It does a lot of info dumping, just like a history book, with too much telling and. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of anna funder s all that i am, a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance.
Anna funder has written an essential novel about how we carry the bricks of. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. It is the authors first novel, but her name had been established by the nonfiction hit stasiland 2003. Anna funder s international bestseller, stasiland, won the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction.
Awardwinning author anna funder delivers an affecting and beautifully evocative debut novel about a group of young german exiles who risk their lives to awaken the world to the terrifying threat of hitler and nazi germany. 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 when hitler comes to power in 1933, a tightknit group of friends and lovers become hunted outlaws overnight. Inspiring, tragic and based on real events, all that i am is a masterful and devastating novel of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and. All that i am abc perth australian broadcasting corporation. Welcome to the litcharts study guide on anna funder s stasiland. So the german exiles in london lived in constant fear that agitating. What stopped me buying it was the fact that i thought it. May 30, 2016 discussion notes for all that i am by anna funder.
Their visas stipulated no political activities of any kind. Funder s reminiscence of the first day at school in paris reminded me of something that she makes one of her narrators, ernst toller, say in all that i am. All that i am is a novel that questions the ubiquity of the human conscience, yet it insists on. 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. To have claimed a prize of such stature would suggest that the novel had weathered a robust critical reception. All that i am is australian novelist anna funders first fictional work. One september morning, elderly ruth wesemann wakes to the sound of a parcel being delivered to her door. All that i am by anna funder has been on my to read list for a long time.
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 oppression. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading all that i am. It was the first book to reveal the true horrors perpetrated by. Funder follows her critically acclaimed nonfiction debut stasiland. Toller features as a character in funders much anticipated book. When all that i am by anna funder won the prestigious 2012 miles franklin award, i decided it was time to see what all the fuss was about. May 03, 2018 all that i am is anna funder s debut novel. When hitler comes to power in 1933, a tightknit group of friends and lovers become hunted outlaws overnight. Toller a german dramatist who got out of nazi germany but committed suicide in new york in 1939 talks about being relieved of the burden of my self, and says that creative. In 2012 the miles franklin award went to anna funder s all that i am. Sep 01, 2011 from anna funder, the author of stasiland, a thriller and a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance. Its a fictionalised version of real events and real people so why not just read a history book. Ben etherington examines the critical responses to anna funders all that i am. There were all sorts of reasons i willed anna funders all that i am to be as spectacular as her 2003 nonfiction debut stasiland.
Awardwinning australian author anna funder discussed her 2003 bestseller stasiland on the better reading podcast in february 2019. She is the author of stasiland and all that i am and the novella the girl with the dogs. All that i am is australian novelist anna funder s first fictional work. As the winner of many australian literary awards, including the prestigious miles franklin award, i knew this was a book that had impressed the critics. Based on the stories of real people and events, anna funder s 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. 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. All that i am book club notes penguin books australia. I spent the first half of this book almost positive that it was an entirely unnecessary literary contribution. Stasiland, anna funders 2004 samuel johnsonwinner, was an astonishing collection of reallife accounts from the citizens of the former gdr. History, like hope, is not something to be solved, but to be carried. It was released february 2012 in the usa and italy and other countries around the world to follow. Beginning in 1994 and ending in 2000, she makes three trips to berlin to work for a german tv station and, more importantly, study the way the citys people are adjusting to the recent collapse of the east german state. Doctorate of creative arts, 2012 author and winner of the miles franklin award for all that i am. From anna funder, the author of stasiland, a thriller and a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance.
In all that i am, anna funder delivers a sweeping first novel that covers love and war, friendship and betrayal, and the bonds that define a life. Private deceptions mirror those of society at large in anna funder s all that i am. All that i am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of brave. Blatt transformed by novelist anna funder in her novel, all that i am, into a character called ruth wesemann becker is at the centre of this remarkable story of love and betrayal. It wasnt on the shelf at my local bookshop, but i did find all that i am. Anna funders all that i am is about as safely a novel as stasiland was a history, and it takes some mental readjustment when you realise. John bailey, all that i am, the sydney morning herald, 25 september 2011. That one little word, almost, is key, because funder has struggled with the sideways leap from nonfiction to fiction. There, they continued the dangerous and illegal work of smuggling documents out of goerings office. Bethanie blanchard, to whittle down all that i am and give it a value. If you are the publisher or author of this book and.
This finding contradicts the australian writer anna funder 1966 with her novel one day anna funder. Aug 29, 2011 anna funder s all that i am is a work that is inspired by fact and is drawn from interviews and published works of the lives of a group of jewish germans who actively resisted the rise of adolf as an author of nonfiction, it is frustrating when my work is compared unfavourably with a work of fiction on the same subject. She has worked as an international lawyer specializing in human rights and constitutional law. Click download or read online button to get stasiland by anna funder book now. What i discovered was a book to love as both a reader and a writer.
Anna funders stasiland demonstrates that great, original reporting is still possible. Miriam grew up in east germany during the 1960s, the same read full character analysis. All that i am by anna funder is an unusual prewwii novel that takes into account not only the after effects of wwi, but also the politics that flooded germany before the war. She found her subject in east germany, went for it bravely and delivers the goods in a heartbreaking, beautifully written book. A thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii. It also happens to be the first sentence of anna funders debut novel, all that i am, which has had a busy time of late garnering literary awards. Anna funder is the author of internationally acclaimed stasiland and the bestselling novel all that i am, which has been longlisted for the 2012 miles franklin award. Anna funder s stasiland download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Her multiaward winning novel all that i am was an homage to four extraordinary german antihitler activists in exile in london in the 1930s.
Marco del grande but as it turns out, all that i am is about as safely a novel as stasiland was a. All one day of at in 1985 learns anna funder in melbourne ruth leaf know. All that i am by anna funder penguin books australia. All that i am is a superb translation of history drawing extensively on personal accounts and published material. Her debut novel, all that i am, has won many prizes, including the prestigious miles franklin literary award. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Anna funder is the australian author and narrator of stasiland. Funder s 2012 novel all that i am tells the previously untold story of four germanjewish antihitler activists forced to flee to london.
Funder has crafted a psychological novel in some ways, but the characters who are most interesting and mysterious hans and dora also are the most distant. Stories from behind the berlin wall, which has been published in twenty countries and translated into sixteen languages. In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all. Anna funder s stasiland download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. 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. Stasiland by anna funder download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. The british commission of inquiry finds a double suicide. Stories from behind the berlin wall, won the 2004 samuel johnson prize. Anna funder is one of australias most acclaimed and celebrated writers. Anna funder explores, in the most humane and sensitive way, lives blighted by the east german stasi. All that i am by anna funder supplied map perth 6000. Anna funder is an australian writer who grew up in melbourne. She has worked as an international lawyer and a radio and television producer.
On anna funders stasiland, susan lever wrote that it probably hasnt come into the australian literary purview because it is not about australiadespite both the authors books to date having german settings and subject matter, it is unfitting to say funder writes solely about germany. Of all the people anna funder interviews over the course of stasiland, miriam weber is perhaps the most important to the books themes. Jo case interviews australian writer anna funder, of stasiland fame, about her first. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Stories from behind the berlin wall, 2003 with the novelized account of german activists who opposed hitler before world war ii. It was released february 2012 in the usa and italy. 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. 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. Anna funders story of dissidents in nazi era germany deals with themes of freedom and betrayal.
Aug 22, 2011 in this episode of off the page, carol george talks to anna funder, author of stasiland about her new novel all that i am. Click download or read online button to get anna funder s stasiland book now. These are the words of ruth blatt, one of two narrators in anna funders first novel, the followup to her. Created by the original team behind sparknotes, litcharts are the worlds best literature guides. All that i am was published in the uk where it was both bbc book of the week and book at bedtime and australia. There are so many ideas, beautifully observed, that resonated for me in this book, which can stand alone and lose none of their power. Stasiland study guide from litcharts the creators of.
Her first book, the nonfiction stasiland, was groundbreaking in both form and content. Anna funder s all that i am to those who fled the nazis in the middle of the 1930s, the british gave only temporary protection. Every three months when we respectfully begged his majesty the king of england to be allowed to stay, our minds flooded with the things we could not mention in our polite visa application. It follows characters affected by the nazi regime in prewar germany and britain the book was first published in 2011 by penguin books. The first thing i did after finishing anna funders debut novel all that i am was to order a copy of ernst tollers autobiography i was a german. Anna funder confirms her place as one of our finest writers with this gripping, compassionate, inspiring first novel. Based on real people and events, 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. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts.
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