Ostpreußische Geschichte, Kultur und Erinnerung im Roman Grunowen oder Das vergangene Leben von Arno Surminski
History, Culture and Memory in the Novel "Grunowen oder Das vergangene Leben" by Arno Surminski

Summary/Abstract: Arno Surminski is a writer who was born in the former German province of East Prussia. His life and tough experiences at the end of World War II had an enormous influence on his literature. The novels of Surminski are not only full of references to his biography, but they are also the author’s commentary to lots on many other topics, e.g. the evacuation of East Prussia due to fear of the Red Army, the forced displacement of German civilians, the deportation to Siberia or mass rapes committed by the Soviet Army. The aim of the article is to analyse the novel Grunowen oder Das vergangene Leben by Arno Surminski not only as a literary fiction in the form of a travel novel, but most of all as Surminski’s contribution to the discussion about the history and culture of East Prussia.

• Details
• Contents