Stasiland

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist.In Stasiland, winner of the 2004 Samuel Johnson Prize, Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the former East Germany, a country where the headquarters of the secret police can become a museum literally overnight, and one in fifty East Germans were informing on their countrymen and women. She meets Miriam, who as a sixteen-year-old might have started the Third World War, visits the man who painted the line which became the Berlin Wall and gets drunk with the legendary 'Mik Jegger' of the East, who the authorities once declared – to his face – to 'no longer exist'.

'A masterpiece.' -- Sunday Times
'A fascinating book ... I can think of no better introduction to the brutal reality of East German repression.' -- The Sunday Telegraph
'At once lyrical, bitter, funny and sad, her writing releases many individuals of their stories – a second liberation.' -- The Observer
'Brilliantly illustrates the weird, horrifying viciously cruel place that was Cold War East Germany ... as well as the horror, Funder writes superbly of the absurdities of the Stasi.' -- The Evening Standard

Anna Funder is the author of the internationally acclaimed prize-winner STASILAND, and the No. 1 bestselling novel ALL THAT I AM.Anna Funder’s writing has received numerous accolades and awards. Her essays, feature articles and columns have appeared in The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Monthly, Ny Tid, Best Australian Essays and Best Australian Science Writing. A sought-after speaker, Anna has toured in many countries. A former DAAD (Berlin), Australia Council, NSW Writing Fellow and Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, in 2011 Anna was named in the ‘Top 100 People of Influence’ by the Sydney Morning Herald. In 2011 Anna was appointed to the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.Before turning to writing full-time in the late 1990’s, Anna worked as an international lawyer for the Australian Government focusing on human rights, constitutional law, and treaty negotiation. After jettisoning a legal career to write STASILAND, she jobbed for a time as a radio and television documentary producer at the ABC. Anna holds BA (Hons), LLB (Hons) and an M.A. and a Doctorate in Creative Arts, and speaks fluent French and German. She grew up in Melbourne and Paris, and lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and three children. Denica Fairman is a Canadian actor and voiceover artist. She began working as a voice actor at the at the age of 12, and has since worked extensively on stage, radio, and in television. She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare company for five years, as well as appearing on Broadway in Nicholas Nickleby. Denica is also a well-known voice for BBC Radio Drama, playing a host of characters in the cult-comedy On the Blog, as well as appearing in No Angel, Badfellas and Death of Joe Inglis.

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