| 词条 | Divided Heaven (novel) |
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| name = | image = Christa Wolf, Der geteilte Himmel 1963.jpg | alt = Cover image of the 1963 edition | caption = Cover of the 1963 edition | author = Christa Wolf | title_orig = Der geteilte Himmel | orig_lang_code = de | title_working = | country = East Germany | language = German | subject = | genre = | set_in = | publisher = | publisher2 = | pub_date = 1963 | english_pub_date = | published = | media_type = | pages = | awards = | isbn = | isbn_note = | oclc = 38679191 | dewey = 833.914 | congress = PT2685.O36 }} Divided Heaven (Der geteilte Himmel) is a 1963 novel by the East German writer Christa Wolf. The author describes society and problems in the German Democratic Republic in the early 1960s, in a "quest for personal integrity within a flawed system".[1] The book won the Heinrich Mann Prize, and has been translated into many languages. HistoryWolf wrote the work in the early 1960s, beginning in 1960 as a story about romance and work in the brigade.[2] It developed to a more complex plot promted by the political events.[2] It was published in 1963 by Mitteldeutscher Verlag in Halle. It became a bestseller in the GDR, and was also widely distributed and discussed in the west. The title became a metapher for the divided Germany. The novel was awarded the Heinrich Mann Prize.[4] In 1987, Suhrkamp Verlag published it in its BasisBibliothek (Basic library), with historic background and commentary.[5] In English, it was first translated as Divided Heaven, and in 2013, 50 years after the first publication, by Luise von Flotow as They Divided the Sky.[1] PlotThe main characters are Rita Seidel, age 19, and Manfred Herrfurth, a chemist ten years older, who meet at a dance event in a village and become a couple, although they are different. Rita comes from rural background and is emotional, while Manfred is a rational city-dweller. The action begins in East Germany in June 1961, shortly before the Wall was built. They live together with Manfred's parents in Halle, where he works and she studies to be a teacher, which includes training in a socialist brigade of the company Waggonbau Ammendorf, building train waggons. Manfred, who grew up in a difficult family, is disillusioned about the future in the GDR, after one of his engineering designs was refused by economical functionaries. He moves to West Germany via East Berlin. Rita visits him there and tries to persuade him to return, but without success. Shortly after her return, the Wall is built. Rita tries to take her life. She wakes up from unconsciousness in hospital and tells the story from that perspective. StyleWolf begins the novel like a love story, but soon introduces the divided Germany as a reason for tension. She describes the western lifestyle as commercial and materialistic, while she idealises the eastern society as harder, rigid, moral-oriented and demanding faith. Some elements of Rita's biography are similar to the author's, such as growing up without a father, and work in the specific brigade.[2] She describes negative aspects of life in the east with factual precision, and was ciricised for it.[1] Her tenor was described as an "introspective, autobiographical voice", her trademark in a "quest for personal integrity within a flawed system".[1] Legacy
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news| last = | first = | url = https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2013/07/13/divided-soul| accessdate = 27 March 2019| url-access = limited| title = Divided soul; Christa Wolf| journal = The Economist| department = Books and arts| page = 74| year = July 13, 2013| archive-url = https://archive.fo/nf9rr| archive-date= March 27, 2019}} [1][2][3][4][5]2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book| last = Vepřková| first = Petra| url = https://is.muni.cz/th/va13g/veprkova_bakalarska_prace.pdf| title = Vergleich von Christa Wolfs Der geteilte Himmelund Christoph Heins Die Exekution eines Kalbes| website = is.muni.cz | year = 2010| language = de| accessdate = 27 March 2019}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news| url = https://www.focus.de/kultur/kunst/theater-der-geteilte-himmel-zeitgeschichte-auf-der-buehne_aid_901937.html| title = Theater: "Der geteilte Himmel": Zeitgeschichte auf der Bühne| newspaper = Focus (German magazine)| date = 25 January 2013| language = de| accessdate = 27 March 2019}} 4. ^1 {{cite news| url = https://www.mdr.de/tv/programm/sendung807628.html| title = Der geteilte Himmel / Spielfilm DDR 1964| newspaper = MDR| date = | language = de| accessdate = 27 March 2019}} 5. ^1 {{cite news| url = https://www.suhrkamp.de/download/blickinsbuch/9783518188873.pdf| title = Wolf, Christa / Der geteilte Himme| newspaper = Suhrkamp Verlag| date = 1987| language = de| accessdate = 27 March 2019}} }} External links
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