Father of the Land
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Author: Frederick Kempe
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 339
For many years as a foreign correspondent, first for Newsweek and then for The Wall Street Journal, Fred Kempe felt more comfortable writing about Poland, Israel, Russia, or Panama than the Germany from which he was only one generation removed. Germany was his father's land, his father's identity, not his.But then a reunified Germany emerged as Europe's dominant force, and it became important to know: Was the nation ready? Could it escape the ghosts of the past? To find out, Kempe traveled across the country, talking to students, teachers, pensioners, emigres, soldiers, professionals, Holocaust survivors, cutting-edge diplomats, urban pastors, "normal Germans, " and the radical fringe. At the same time, he began to explore his own German roots, to seek out the family members and documents that would illuminate his own soul. The result, Father/Land, is a brilliant, unorthodox work of observation, insight, and commentary, a provocative book that will become required reading for anyone seeking to understand modern Germany. And it is something more. For in researching the past, Kempe discovered that the ghosts were not limited to others, that the contradictory threads of good and evil wove through his own life as well. After years of denying his Germanness, he would have to confront it at last.
Author: Frederick Kempe
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 339
For many years as a foreign correspondent, first for Newsweek and then for The Wall Street Journal, Fred Kempe felt more comfortable writing about Poland, Israel, Russia, or Panama than the Germany from which he was only one generation removed. Germany was his father's land, his father's identity, not his.But then a reunified Germany emerged as Europe's dominant force, and it became important to know: Was the nation ready? Could it escape the ghosts of the past? To find out, Kempe traveled across the country, talking to students, teachers, pensioners, emigres, soldiers, professionals, Holocaust survivors, cutting-edge diplomats, urban pastors, "normal Germans, " and the radical fringe. At the same time, he began to explore his own German roots, to seek out the family members and documents that would illuminate his own soul. The result, Father/Land, is a brilliant, unorthodox work of observation, insight, and commentary, a provocative book that will become required reading for anyone seeking to understand modern Germany. And it is something more. For in researching the past, Kempe discovered that the ghosts were not limited to others, that the contradictory threads of good and evil wove through his own life as well. After years of denying his Germanness, he would have to confront it at last.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Frederick Kempe
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 339
For many years as a foreign correspondent, first for Newsweek and then for The Wall Street Journal, Fred Kempe felt more comfortable writing about Poland, Israel, Russia, or Panama than the Germany from which he was only one generation removed. Germany was his father's land, his father's identity, not his.But then a reunified Germany emerged as Europe's dominant force, and it became important to know: Was the nation ready? Could it escape the ghosts of the past? To find out, Kempe traveled across the country, talking to students, teachers, pensioners, emigres, soldiers, professionals, Holocaust survivors, cutting-edge diplomats, urban pastors, "normal Germans, " and the radical fringe. At the same time, he began to explore his own German roots, to seek out the family members and documents that would illuminate his own soul. The result, Father/Land, is a brilliant, unorthodox work of observation, insight, and commentary, a provocative book that will become required reading for anyone seeking to understand modern Germany. And it is something more. For in researching the past, Kempe discovered that the ghosts were not limited to others, that the contradictory threads of good and evil wove through his own life as well. After years of denying his Germanness, he would have to confront it at last.
Author: Frederick Kempe
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 339
For many years as a foreign correspondent, first for Newsweek and then for The Wall Street Journal, Fred Kempe felt more comfortable writing about Poland, Israel, Russia, or Panama than the Germany from which he was only one generation removed. Germany was his father's land, his father's identity, not his.But then a reunified Germany emerged as Europe's dominant force, and it became important to know: Was the nation ready? Could it escape the ghosts of the past? To find out, Kempe traveled across the country, talking to students, teachers, pensioners, emigres, soldiers, professionals, Holocaust survivors, cutting-edge diplomats, urban pastors, "normal Germans, " and the radical fringe. At the same time, he began to explore his own German roots, to seek out the family members and documents that would illuminate his own soul. The result, Father/Land, is a brilliant, unorthodox work of observation, insight, and commentary, a provocative book that will become required reading for anyone seeking to understand modern Germany. And it is something more. For in researching the past, Kempe discovered that the ghosts were not limited to others, that the contradictory threads of good and evil wove through his own life as well. After years of denying his Germanness, he would have to confront it at last.
Father of the Land
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