Eulogy for the Living – Taking FlightA fragmentary work that stands as a testament to Wolf's skill as a thinker, storyteller, and memorialiser of humanitys greatest struggles. Christa Wolf tried for years to find a way to write about her childhood in Nazi Germany. In her 1976 book Patterns of Childhood, she explained why it was so difficult: Gradually, over a period of months, the dilemma has emerged: to remain speechless or to live in the third person, these seem to be the options. One