Ebook {Epub PDF} Heroes Like Us by Thomas Brussig

Provocative and hilarious, Heroes Like Us was the first novel to comment on the downfall of East Germany by an author who had grown up with the Berlin Wall. Klaus Uhltzscht, born in in East Germany, grows up across the street from the Ministry of State Security, and he is inspired. early on to do his share to win the Cold War/5(4). Thomas Brussig: Helden wie wir (Heroes Like Us) If you enjoyed Portnoy’s Complaint and enjoy books where the hero spends pages discussing his penis and his masturbatory fantasies, this book may well be for you. Unlike Roth’s work, however, there is more to this novel. Heroes Like Us. By THOMAS BRUSSIG. Translated by JOHN BROWNJOHN. Farrar Straus Giroux. Read the Review. TAPE 1. KITZELSTEIN. I could claim .

Heroes Like Us|Thomas Brussig, The Beaten Path|Shelley Walden, World Without Plenty|Greg Rosenbaum, Helicopters at war: A pictorial history|David W Wragg. The book Heroes Like Us by Thomas Brussig is a satire on the life of a fictional Stasi agent named Klaus Uhltzscht. The story is presented through Klaus sharing his life experience, focusing on his perverted sexual acts, his profession as a Stasi agent, and how he believes he is responsible for the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Summaries. Heroes Like Us presents as heroes ordinary teenagers and young East German adults, who in Thomas Brussig's (the novel and screenplay author) story, caused the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Our young hero falls in love, from an early age, with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party.

The title of this book is Heroes Like Us and it was written by Thomas Brussig. This particular edition is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is Unknown. It was published by Harvill Pr and has a total of pages in the book. The 10 digit ISBN is and the 13 digit ISBN is Thomas Brussig's bestselling Heroes like us remains one of the most popular fictions dealing with the collapse of communism in East Germany. The often rude and crude novel is narrated (ostensibly to a correspondent for The New York Times, a Mr. Kitzelstein) by its anti-hero, the at one point phenomenally well endowed Klaus Uhltzscht who claims. Provocative and hilarious,Heroes Like Us was the first novel to comment on the downfall of East Germany by an author who had grown up with the Berlin Wall. Klaus Uhltzscht, born in in East Germany, grows up across the street from the Ministry of State Security, and he is inspired early on to do his share to win the Cold War.