{"product_id":"i-have-no-regrets-diaries-1955-1963-9781803091808","title":"I Have No Regrets: Diaries, 1955-1963","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrank and refreshing, Brigitte Reimann's collected diaries provide a candid account of life in socialist Germany.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an upbeat tempo and amusing tone, \u003ci\u003eI Have No Regrets\u003c\/i\u003e contains detailed accounts of the author's love affairs, daily life, writing, and reflections. Like the heroines in her stories, Reimann was impetuous and outspoken, addressing issues and sensibilities otherwise repressed in the era of the German Democratic Republic. She followed the state's call for artists to leave their ivory towers and engage with the people, moving to the new town of Hoyerswerda to work part-time at a nearby industrial plant and run writing classes for the workers. Her diaries and letters provide a fascinating parallel to her fictional writing. By turns shocking, passionate, unflinching, and bitter--but above all life-affirming--they offer an unparalleled insight into what life was like during the first decades of the GDR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrigitte Reimann\u003c\/b\u003e (1933-73) was a German teacher and writer. Her novel \u003ci\u003eAnkunft im Alltag\u003c\/i\u003e is regarded as a masterpiece of socialist realism. She received the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1964. \u003cb\u003eLucy Jones \u003c\/b\u003eis a cofounder of Transfiction GbR and has translated Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Ronald Schernikau, and Silke Scheuermann, among others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390506635538,"sku":"9781803091808","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a60d3f2-62bf-41bf-8a0d-a1ce37fb541b.jpg?v=1728949801","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-have-no-regrets-diaries-1955-1963-9781803091808","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}