Christa Wolf

In this volume, the distinguished East German writer Christa Wolf retells the story of the fall of Troy, but from the point of view of the woman whose visionary powers earned her contempt and scorn. Written as a result of the author's Greek travels and studies, Cassandra speaks to us in a pressing monologue whose …

Medea is among the most notorious women in the canon of Greek tragedy: a woman scorned who sacrifices her own children to her jealous rage. In her gripping new novel, Christa Wolf explodes this myth, revealing a fiercely independent woman ensnared in a brutal political battle.Medea, driven by her conscience to leave …

Une leucémie, ça ne plaisante pas. Emporte, balaye son sujet, sans fard, sans concession. C'est le cas de l'héroïne de ce roman, qui meurt avant l'heure, avant même l'âge mûr. Avec elle s'éteint une quête de l'idéal, une recherche de la perfection. La mort brutale de cette femme est l'occasion pour la narratrice de …

On a flawless spring day in late April, an East German writer awaits a call from the hospital where her brother is undergoing brain surgery and instead receives news of a massive nuclear accident at Chernobyl, one thousand miles away. In a potent, lyrical stream of thought, the narrator confronts both mortality and …

One Day a Year: 1960-2000 is a book by Christa Wolf.