Sep 03, 2011 funder s title, all that i am, echoes tollers autobiography, i was a german, and primo levis account of his imprisonment in auschwitz, if this is a man. She is the author of stasiland and all that i am and the novella the girl with the dogs life. Funder went to primary school in melbourne and paris. Anna funder is the author of internationally acclaimed stasiland and the bestselling novel all that i am, which has been longlisted for the 2012 miles franklin award. Her multiaward winning novel all that i am was an homage to four extraordinary german antihitler activists in exile in london in the 1930s. In her debut novel, the australian writer anna funder weaves together fact and fiction to produce a compelling and moving portrait of the struggle against nazi oppression. All that i am is a novel that questions the ubiquity of the human conscience, yet it insists on. It won the miles franklin prize, spent over one and a half years on the bestseller list, and is being made into a feature film. All that i am by anna funder 9780143567516 dymocks. Anna funder s international bestseller, stasiland, won the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction. Buy all that i am by anna funder, paperback format, from the dymocks online bookstore. Toller and latts narratives are written in a retrospective stream of consciousness toller in new york in i o i o, remembering the events of the i is and is. May 30, 2016 all that i am book club notes share this based on the stories of real people and events, anna funders all that i am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs, and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places. Neuware anna funder, winner of the samuel johnson prize and author of stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii in all that i am.
Having visited berlin in 1987 and 1995, her book on the east germany secret police. Anna funder has written an essential novel about how we carry the bricks of. In this episode of off the page, carol george talks to anna funder, author of stasiland about her new novel all that i am. About this title may belong to another edition of this title. Anna funder is an australian writer who grew up in melbourne. To have claimed a prize of such stature would suggest that the novel had weathered a robust critical reception. She has worked as an international lawyer specializing in human rights and constitutional law. Awardwinning author anna funder delivers an affecting and beautifully evocative debut novel about a group of young german exiles who risk their lives to awaken the world to the terrifying threat of hitler and nazi germany. She studied at the university of melbourne and the freie universitat of berlin, and. All that i am was published to critical and popular acclaim in the uk where it was both bbc book of the week and book at bedtime and australia where it has spent nine months on the bestseller list, twice at no. Auden himself makes a brief cameo in the novel, uttering the line while visiting toller in a hotel room in new york. Awardwinning author anna funder delivers an affecting and beautifully evocative debut novel about a group of young germ.
She allows exstasi operatives an equal chance to reflect on their achievements, and findsto her dismay and oursthat they have learned nothing. Anna funder, winner of the samuel johnson prize and author of stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii in all that i am when hitler comes to power in 1933, a tightknit group of friends and lovers become hunted outlaws overnight. Anna funders all that i am is a work that is inspired by fact and is drawn from interviews and published works of the lives of a group of jewish germans who actively resisted the rise of adolf as an author of nonfiction, it is frustrating when my work is compared unfavourably with a work of fiction on the same subject. All that i am proved perfect for reading by the campfire at night. Anna funder is one of australias most acclaimed and celebrated writers. Read all that i am a novel by anna funder available from rakuten kobo. May 03, 2018 all that i am is anna funder s debut novel.
Anna funders international bestseller, stasiland, won the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction. She is the author of stasiland and all that i am and the novella the girl with the dogs. If you are the publisher or author of this book and. And for sneaking off for a quiet read beside a creek towards the end of my campervan holiday. Several years after stasiland, funder returned with her second book, and first foray into fiction. One september morning, elderly ruth wesemann wakes to the sound of a parcel being delivered to her door. History, like hope, is not something to be solved, but to be carried. Based on reallife events and people, all that i am brings to light the heroic, tragic, and true story of a small group of. All that i am book club notes penguin books australia. Anna funder lives in brooklyn, new york, with her husband and children.
Funders title, all that i am, is almost certainly taken from a famous w. All that i am is a fictionalisation of the lives of ruth wesemann and ernst toller, dissident germans who fled soon after the nazis came to power. Anna funder, as one of her characters in her debut novel all that i am, makes a cunning observation about authors using people that they know in their writing. It won the miles franklin prize, spent over one and a half years on the bestseller list, and is being made into a. All that i am by anna funder penguin books australia. All that i am is australian novelist anna funder s first fictional work. Anna funder, winner of the samuel johnson prize and author of stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii in all that i am. Sep 16, 2011 anna funder s story of dissidents in naziera germany deals with themes of freedom and betrayal rachel cusk fri 16 sep 2011 17. Set against the backdrop of the rise of hitler and outbreak of world war ii, all that i am follows the lives of four leftwing german activists as they work to oppose nazism. It follows characters affected by the nazi regime in prewar germany and britain the book was first published in 2011 by penguin books. Ernst toller, the leftwing activist playwright is discussing with w. Now funders debut novel has added australias most significant prize to the long. Anna funders stasiland demonstrates that great, original reporting is still possible. All that i am by anna funder overdrive rakuten overdrive.
It was released february 2012 in the usa and italy and other countries around the world to follow. In 2012 the miles franklin award went to anna funders all that i am. All that i am book club notes share this based on the stories of real people and events, anna funders all that i am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices some people make for their beliefs, and of heroism hidden in the most unexpected places. Aug 05, 2012 funders title, all that i am, is almost certainly taken from a famous w. All that i am anna funder an awardwinning author delivers an affecting and beautifully evocative debut novel, set in 1930s europe and based on a true story, about a group of young german exiles who risk their lives to awaken the world to the terrifying. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of anna funders all that i am, a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance. I highly recommend anna funders book wherever you read it. It is the authors first novel, but her name had been established by the nonfiction hit stasiland 2003.
Funders title, all that i am, echoes tollers autobiography, i was a german, and primo levis account of his imprisonment in auschwitz, if this is a man. When hitler comes to power in 1933, a tightknit group of friends and lovers become hunted outlaws overnight. Wesemann was an unsung hero of the resistance movement. Anna funders story of dissidents in naziera germany deals with themes of freedom and betrayal rachel cusk fri 16 sep 2011 17. Audenthe poet his reluctance to write about dora fabian in his autobiography. Sep 01, 2011 from anna funder, the author of stasiland, a thriller and a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance. It was the first book to reveal the true horrors perpetrated by. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Stories from behind the berlin wall, which has been published in twenty countries and translated into sixteen languages. From anna funder, the author of stasiland, a thriller and a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance. All that i am by funder, anna 9780062077585 for sale online. It is a novel that transcends decades, continents and viewpoints. Anna funder explores, in the most humane and sensitive way, lives blighted by the east german stasi. Auden the poet his reluctance to write about dora fabian in his autobiography.
Anna funders all that i am has had a dream run since publication, winning prizes and racing out of bookshops. She found her subject in east germany, went for it bravely and delivers the goods in a heartbreaking, beautifully written book. May 10, 2012 anna funder, winner of the samuel johnson prize and author of stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii in all that i am. Her debut novel, all that i am, has won many prizes, including the prestigious miles franklin literary award. All that we are not stares back at all that we are. Aug 29, 2011 anna funder s all that i am is a work that is inspired by fact and is drawn from interviews and published works of the lives of a group of jewish germans who actively resisted the rise of adolf as an author of nonfiction, it is frustrating when my work is compared unfavourably with a work of fiction on the same subject. Aug 22, 2011 in this episode of off the page, carol george talks to anna funder, author of stasiland about her new novel all that i am.
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