Uwe Johnson
German novelist whose four-volume Anniversaries is considered one of the greatest German novels of the 20th century. His fiction explores German division and the weight of history with rigorous formal invention.
Works
- AnniversariesTetralogy following family across Cold War East and West Germany
- Speculations About JakobNovel of Cold War espionage and divided Germany through speculation
- The Third Book About AchimNovel exploring truth and documentation in Cold War East Germany
- Two ViewsDual narrative of couple separated by Berlin Wall
- Skizze eines VerunglucktenNovel of man reflecting on accident and human vulnerability