{"product_id":"stasiland-1","title":"Stasiland","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BBC FOUR SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating, entertaining, hilarious, horrifying and very important.'\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Hanks\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Exhilirating ... The kind of book that makes us love non-fiction.'\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Garner\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Unforgettable.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Brilliant ... a masterpiece.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTruth can be stranger - and more heartbreaking and hilarious - than fiction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this now classic work, Funder tells extraordinary stories from the most perfected surveillance state of all time, the former East Germany. She meets Miriam, condemned as an enemy of the state at sixteen, and Frau Paul, for whom the Berlin Wall 'went through my heart'. She drinks with the legendary 'Mik Jegger' of the East, once declared by the authorities to 'no longer exist'. And she meets ex-Stasi - men who spied on their families and friends - still loyal to the deposed regime as they await the next revolution.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStasiland\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, timeless portrait of a Kafkaesque world as gripping as any thriller. In a world of total surveillance, its celebration of human conscience and courage is as potent as ever.\u003cbr\u003e ______________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Stasiland demonstrates that great, original reporting is still possible ... A heartbreaking beautifully written book. A classic for sure.'\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Tomalin, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Colourful, intensely observed, well executed, with lots of black humor and disturbing undertones.'\u003c\/b\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Filtered through Funder's own keen perspective, these dramatic tales highlight the courage that ordinary people can display in torturous circumstances.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Stasiland","offer_id":44473152995525,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-76134-368-1.jpg?v=1739499237","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/stasiland-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}