Accident: A Day's News

by Christa Wolf

Book Overview

An East German writer, awaiting a call from the hospital where her brother is undergoing brain surgery, instead receives news of a massive nuclear accident at Chernobyl, one thousand miles away. In... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226905063
• ISBN13: 9780226905068
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 121 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Captivating!

I read this book as part of a German Lit. in Translation class. Wolf was by far the best author we read. The book pulls the reader right into the story so you feel like it is happening to you. Wolf challenges readers to think about the way we are treating our world and question whether we are making the right decisions. What is particularly interesting about Wolf is that she is so blunt about the world's problems but she still has hope. The book left a strong impression on me.