The New Sufferings of Young W
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One of the most talked-about works ever published in the German Democratic Republic! This innovative novel by an East German writer is a worthy companion to the classic it parodies and parallels: Goethe's The Sufferings of Young Werther. Goethe and J. D. Salinger were the two greatest influences on Edgar Wibeau, "Young W." Edgar is a 17-year-old with the frustrations of teenagers all over the world, living with the added pressures of an East-bloc state. A model all-GDR boy, the son of a factory director, he suddenly drops out. But not from socialism per se--just from conformity, picky regulations, and official disapproval of jeans, the blues, and girls. Hiding out, he finds and devours an old copy of The Sufferings of Young Werther. From then on he wards off reality with Goethe texts, and young Wibeau's fate is superimposed on that of Werther like a transparent overlay. It is an ironic and revealing linkage. Cover......Page 1 a01......Page 2 a02......Page 3 a03......Page 4 a04......Page 5 a05......Page 6 a06......Page 7 a07......Page 8 a08......Page 9 a09......Page 10 a10......Page 11 a11......Page 12 001......Page 13 002......Page 14 003......Page 15 004......Page 16 005......Page 17 006......Page 18 007......Page 19 008......Page 20 009......Page 21 010......Page 22 011......Page 23 012......Page 24 013......Page 25 014......Page 26 015......Page 27 016......Page 28 017......Page 29 018......Page 30 019......Page 31 020......Page 32 021......Page 33 022......Page 34 023......Page 35 024......Page 36 025......Page 37 026......Page 38 027......Page 39 028......Page 40 029......Page 41 030......Page 42 031......Page 43 032......Page 44 033......Page 45 034......Page 46 035......Page 47 036......Page 48 037......Page 49 038......Page 50 039......Page 51 040......Page 52 041......Page 53 042......Page 54 043......Page 55 044......Page 56 045......Page 57 046......Page 58 047......Page 59 048......Page 60 049......Page 61 050......Page 62 051......Page 63 052......Page 64 053......Page 65 054......Page 66 055......Page 67 056......Page 68 057......Page 69 058......Page 70 059......Page 71 060......Page 72 061......Page 73 062......Page 74 063......Page 75 064......Page 76 065......Page 77 066......Page 78 067......Page 79 068......Page 80 069......Page 81 070......Page 82 071......Page 83 072......Page 84 073......Page 85 074......Page 86 075......Page 87 076......Page 88 077......Page 89 078......Page 90 079......Page 91 080......Page 92 081......Page 93 082......Page 94 083......Page 95 084......Page 96 back......Page 97
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