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Christoph Hein's Horns Ende. Historical Revisionism: A Process Of Renewal, Heinz Bulmahn
Christoph Hein's Horns Ende. Historical Revisionism: A Process Of Renewal, Heinz Bulmahn
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
In light of recent developments, the historical record of the German Democratic Republic will be closely reexamined as the two Germanies merge into one country. Christoph Hein's novel Horns Ende undoubtedly will play a role in the debate about the GDR past, because it is a clear repudiation of official historical mythmaking. The novel examines in detail the political and social fiber of a small town in the GDR during the fifties. Horn returns to the town some thirty years after his death, and entices the townspeople to recount their lives during the early years of the socialist republic. These …