Twelve Years An American Boyhood in East Germany

Name: Twelve Years An American Boyhood in East Germany
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ISBN: 9780226010502

ISBN-10: 0226010503

ISBN-13: 9780226010502

Edition: 2000

Authors: Joel Agee

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Joel Agee, the son of James Agee, was raised for twelve years in East Germany, where his stepfather, the novelist Bodo Uhse, was a member of the privileged communist intelligentsia. This is the story of how young Joel failed to become a good communist, becoming instead a fine writer."A wonderfully evocative memoir. . . . Agee evoked for me the atmosphere of postwar Berlin more vividly than the actual experience of it—and I was there." —Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times"One of those rare personal memoirs that brings to life a whole country and an epoch." —Christopher Isherwood"Twelve Years consists of a series of finely honed anecdotes written in a precise, supple prose rich with…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 330
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English