Uwe Timm Volume II
Distributed for University of Wales Press
Uwe Timm is one of the most prolific, successful and important writers in Germany today. His work enjoys popular appeal and has consistently received the highest critical acclaim.
Uwe Timm Volume II updates and extends the first Uwe Timm, published in 1999. It begins with the author’s acceptance speech for the Jakob-Wassermann prize and includes a fascinating interview with him about the recent development of his career. Critical essays by Matin Hielscher, Manfred Durzak, Rhys Williams and David Basker focus both on Timm’s latest work and on new perspectives on his early career which contemporary debates have offered. The volume includes a full bibliography.
List of Contributors
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Dankrede
Uwe Timm
2. Outline Biography
David Basker
3. 'Selbstdeutung und Selbstfindung': Gespräch mit Uwe Timm
Rhys W. Williams
4. Wärmestrom
Martin Hielscher
5. Zweimal Deutsch-Südwestafrika: Uwe Timms Roman Morenga und Gerhard Seyfrieds Roman Herero
Manfred Durzak
6. Connection, Dysfunction, Generation: Uwe Timm’s Nicht morgen, nicht gestern and Rot
David Basker
7. ‘A Perfectly Ordinary Childhood’: Uwe Timm’s Am Beispeil meines Bruders
Rhys W. Williams
8. Memorialization and Personal Memory: Uwe Timm’s Der Freund und der Fremde
Rhys W. Williams
9. Bibliography
David Basker
Index
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