![]() ![]() The novel also relies heavily on the real world African conflict sparked by Colonel Gaddafi’s reign in Libya, including the start of the first civil war in Libya in 2011. Overnight, East and West Germans became separated from family and friends, and the wall remained for more than twenty years. In response to people feeling East Germany via the ‘loophole’ of Berlin, a barbed wire fence and later a wall was erected around the East. Although Erpenbeck herself described her childhood as mundane and ordinary, the political tensions between East and West obviously had an impact on her growing up.įollowing WWII East Germany was declared the German Democratic Republic, or GDR, and Berlin – the capital of Germany – was divided in two. ![]() Jenny Erpenbeck grew up in East Berlin during the 1960s and 70s and experienced the social and political structures of East Germany firsthand. Erpenbeck blends real places, laws and situations with fictional characters to create an emotional and powerful exploration of freedom and confinement, and the meaning of life. ![]() In Go, Went, Gone, translated by Susan Bernofsky, Jenny Erpenbeck explores the African refugee crisis and how European countries like Germany have responded to those seeking asylum in Europe. Go, Went, Gone Text guide – available from Insight ![]()
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