“To my mind, there is something warmer and more human about the carnality of other dictatorships, say in Latin America. One can more easily understand a desire for cases stuffed with money and drugs, for women and weapons and blood. These obedient grey men doing it with their underpaid informers on a weekly basis seem at once more stupid and more sinister. Betrayal clearly has its own reward: the small deep human satisfaction of having one up on someone else. It is the psychology of the mistress, and this regime used it as fuel.”
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Work
Stasiland: Stories From Behind The Berlin Wall
This book offers a harrowing and intimate look at the lives of ordinary people living under the oppressive regime of the Stasi, the East German secret police. Through a series of first-hand accounts, it reveals the pervasive nature of surveillance, fear, and the struggle for individual freedom in a society where the state was omnipresent. more
Author
Anna Funder
Anna Funder is an Australian author known for her historical novels and non-fiction works. Born in 1966, she graduated from the University of Sydney and later lived and worked in the United States and the United Kingdom. Funder's works often focus on political and social issues, with her first novel, 'Stasiland,' set against the backdrop of East Germany's pre-history, receiving widespread acclaim. more
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