They Divided the Sky: A Novel by Christa Wolf

by Christa Wolf

Book Overview

First published in 1963, in East Germany, They Divided the Sky tells the story of a young couple, living in the new, socialist, East Germany, whose relationship is tested to the extreme not only because of the political positions they gradually develop but, very concretely, by the Berlin Wall, which went up on August 13, 1961.

The story is set in 1960 and 1961, a moment of high political cold war tension between the East Bloc and the West,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0776607871
• ISBN13: 9780776607870
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Eye-Opening Novel

I read this book in a German literature course from my college major and I loved it. It was a great view of how people were torn apart by the building of the Wall, but more importantly of the Eastern viewpoint to Berlin's division. A great read.