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What Remains

Christa Wolf

Translated by Martin Chalmers

‘The coffee has to be strong and hot, filtered; the egg not too soft; home-made preserves; black bread.’

Christa Wolf

Christa Wolf is a member of the Central Committee of the East German Writer’s Union. Her novels include A Model Childhood, No Place on Earth and Cassandra. She won the National Prize in 1978 and was runner-up for the Nobel Prize in 1988.

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Translated by Martin Chalmers

Martin Chalmers was a translator of 20th century and contemporary German writing. Over his career he translated many eminent authors, including Herta Müller, Hubert Fichte, and Robert Walser. He died in 2014.

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