DW book expert David Levitz about ′Anniversaries′ by Uwe Johnson | 100 German Must-Reads - a unique list of 100 works of German literature published in English | DW | 05.10.2018

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100 Must-Reads

DW book expert David Levitz about 'Anniversaries' by Uwe Johnson

This book is an imposition, but it is marvelous all the same: a 2,000-page diary! It took Uwe Johnson 15 years to write the fictional account by protagonist Gesine Cresspahl.

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