City of Angels: or, The Overcoat of Dr. Freud / A Novel

The Stunning Final Novel From East GermanyS Most Acclaimed Writer Three Years After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, The Writer Christa Wolf Was Granted Access To Her Newly Declassified Stasi Files. Known For Her Defiance And Outspokenness, Wolf Was Not Especially Surprised To Discover FortyTwo Volumes Of Documents Produced By The East German Secret Police. But What Was Surprising Was A Thin Green Folder Whose Contents Told An Unfamiliar DisturbingStory: In The Early 1960S, Wolf Herself Had Been An InFormant For The Communist Government. And Yet, Thirty Years On, She Had Absolutely No Recollection Of It. WolfS Extraordinary Autobiographical Final Novel Is An Account Of What It Was Like To Reckon With Such A Shocking Discovery. Based On The Year She Spent In Los Angeles After These Explosive Revelations, City Of Angels Is At Once A Powerful Examination Of Memory And A Surprisingly Funny And Touching Exploration Of L.A., A City Strikingly Different From Any Wolf Had Ever Visited. Even As She Reflects On The Burdens Of TwentiethCentury History, Wolf Describes The Pleasures Of Driving A Geo Metro Down Wilshire Boulevards And Watching Episodes Of Star Trek Late At Night. Rich With Philosophical Insights, Personal Revelations, And Vivid Descriptions Of A Diverse City And Its Citizens, City Of Angels Is A Profoundly Humane And Disarmingly Honest NovelAnd A Powerful Conclusion To A Remarkable Career In Letters.