Publisher's Synopsis
"The works in this book constitute an essential document of the history of reunified Germany, and this alone recommends it to scholars and those interested in current European events."- Publishers Weekly
"Christa Wolf was arguably the most influential writer of a nation that no longer exists. . . . Parting from Phantoms traces the fever chart of her anguish. . . . In some ways, the rawness of the present volume is its greatest contribution, and its bona fides-testifying to the human cost of deception and self-deception."-Todd Gitlin, Nation
"A thrilling display of ideological soul-searching."-Ilan Stavans, Newsday, Favorite Books of 1997