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Growing up, what Sanford Tweedie knew about East Germany was basically . . . nothing. West Germans were our friends; East Germans, the enemy. In 2000, somewhat better informed, Tweedie took advantage of a Fulbright Scholarship to move his family to the eastern German town of Erfurt for the academic year. Far from home and the familiar, with temporary status and a tenuous grasp of the language, he and his wife were curious to see how they would function shorn of all the rules that governed their daily lives—housing, food acquisition, transportation, and even basic communication. As soon as their taxi delivered them to their grim tan and concrete Soviet-vintage apartment building, they knew their education had begun.
Learning about life in the former East Germany, amid the feverish embrace of Western culture and the tenacious legacy of a totalitarian past, Tweedie comes to understand the deeper cultural assumptions through which Americans view the larger world. Part travelogue, part history, part cultural critique, all thoroughly engrossing, the story of his yearlong experience is one of dislocation and accommodation, making a German town his own and now ours.
- Sales Rank: #2388352 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-05-01
- Released on: 2013-05-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
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“Tweedie has achieved what the best memoirs strive for. Beyond telling the story of a year in Germany, In the Shadows of a Fallen Wall is an eloquent argument for trying something novel, learning something new, and embracing discomfort to become a bigger, better, and more compassionate person.”—Julija Šukys, author of Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė (Julija Sukys 2012-09-18)
“Few Americans these days take the trouble to investigate a country about which they know less than they think. Sanford Tweedie has, and the result is a lucidly written and perceptive account of one family’s experience of a Germany that—though now united—is not yet as one.”—Michael Gorra, author of Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece (Michael Gorra 2012-09-18)
"In the Shadows of a Fallen Wall is highly recommended."—Jack Mason, Midwest Book Review (Jack Mason Midwest Book Review)
"Tweedie's bravery and persistence in the face of formidable challenges makes for an entertaining and recommended read."—D. Driftless, Readers Lane (D. Driftless Readers Lane)
About the Author
Sanford Tweedie is an award-winning teacher and professor in the Department of Writing Arts at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. He has published widely, including work in the journals College Composition and Communication and Exquisite Corpse.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Pair this up with "Goodbye, Lenin"
By James Denny
In 2000, author and teacher Sanford Tweedie decided to spend a year with his family in what had been the DDR, or "East Germany" as most of us know it. He had been given an opportunity to be a teacher of "Creative Writing," (in English) at a university in the former East German town of Erfurt. His students, mostly young twenty-somethings were the last generation of East Germans who would have memory and direct life experience in the former DDR.
Instead of living with other westerners (Westies and expats from other countries), Tweedie decided to live in the type of housing that East Germans lived in for 40 years, a Soviet-era housing block. "Stalinesque" in style or "brutalism" as it known as in architectural circles, it was a multi-floor building of concrete apartments with tiny rooms painted in washed-out pastel colors with minimalist kitchen and bathroom amenities.
Along with his choice of housing and neighborhood was his choice of schools for his children, his manner of transit and his family's willingness to stay in what had been the former East Germany for most of that year without traveling about. He was looking for "depth of experience," as he explains. He brought his whole family into the fold, trying to fit into life as it had been in East Germany as it continued to transform into east Germany. The significance of the lower-case "e" here is not a typo--it is the essence of what happened and continues to happen.
"In the Shadows of a Fallen Wall" has a worthy bookend in the movie, "Goodbye, Lenin." Without giving too much away, "Goodbye, Lenin" chronicles the transformation of East Germany into east Germany in a humorous way over an eight-month timeframe. "In The Shadows of a Fallen Wall," Tweedie expands that to a ten-year time frame, a process which indeed, takes a much longer time. The social and cultural transformation of East Germany into east Germany continues.
"In the Shadows of a Fallen Wall" is a satisfying memoir. The impact of Tweedie's year in Erfurt had significant and profound effects upon all members of his family, particularly his teenage step-daughter.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Do you dream of teaching overseas?
By Tweetiebirdie
Then read this book about a Fulbright Scholar teaching English at a university in Eastern Germany. It is a fascinating memoir of everyday events that turn into interesting stories. Sanford Tweedie took his wife and two children with him on a European adventure. They chose to live in the rustic, local neighborhood and send their daughters to local schools where they hardly spoke English. Their box of winter clothes and everyday items got shipped back and forth from the U.S. to Eastern Germany so many times that it became comical. They befriend an East German family and spend time hiking the countryside and meeting many intriguing characters. Tweedie turns a normal event into a poetic metaphor of our existence. There are many life lessons that he learned during this year that are meaningful to all readers. The Tweedie Family made friends for life and continue their connections to East Germany to this day. Read this witty, thoughtful book for a taste of living overseas from your living room.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
An Interesting Cultural Experience
By Jason Cantrell
It was interesting to learn about what it's like to live in a foreign country for a year, particularly when it's a country that has been so divided and undergone so much change. It definitely taught me some things I didn't know about German culture and society, particularly with regard to their views on capitalism vs communism and the way their lives are changing.
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