Browse audiobooks written by anna funder sorted by best selling this month page 1 audiobooks. United in their resistance to the madness and tyranny of nazism, they flee the country. Anna funder, judy bennett, saul reichlin, bolinda publishing pty ltd. It was released february 2012 in the usa and italy and other countries around the world to follow. Browse anna funders bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. All that i am winner of the miles franklin prize, the barbara jefferis prize, the indie best debut fiction, the indie book of the year 2012, the abia best literary fiction, the abia book of the year 2012 and the. In 2012 the miles franklin award went to anna funder s all that i am.
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May 10, 2012 anna funder, winner of the samuel johnson prize and author of stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii in all that i am. All that i am, by anna funder anz litlovers litblog. Browse anna funder s bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Her first book, the internationally bestselling stasiland, won the 2004 samuel johnson prize and was published in twent. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of anna funder s all that i am, a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance. Awardwinning author anna funder delivers an affecting and beautifully evocative debut novel about a group of young germ.
Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. To have claimed a prize of such stature would suggest that the novel had weathered a robust critical reception. Aug 29, 2011 anna funder s all that i am is a work that is inspired by fact and is drawn from interviews and published works of the lives of a group of jewish germans who actively resisted the rise of adolf as an author of nonfiction, it is frustrating when my work is compared unfavourably with a work of fiction on the same subject. In order to save audiobooks to your wish list you must be signed. Read all that i am a novel by anna funder available from rakuten kobo. Kasia boddy is a senior lecturer in english at university college london. She has made an uneasy peace with the ghosts of her pastand a part of history that has been all but forgotten. Anna funders all that i am is a work that is inspired by fact and is drawn from interviews and published works of the lives of a group of jewish germans who actively resisted the rise of adolf as an author of nonfiction, it is frustrating when my work is compared unfavourably with a work of fiction on the same subject. All that i am was published to critical and popular acclaim in the uk where it was both bbc book of the week and book at bedtime and australia where it has spent nine months on the bestseller list, twice at no. In all that i am, anna funder delivers a sweeping first novel that covers love and war, friendship and betrayal, and the bonds that define a life. The wall that rose above that demarcation would divide berlin and its inhabitants for nearly three decades, until its momentous destruction in 1989 heralded the coming end of the cold war. All that i am is australian novelist anna funder s first fictional work.
Anna funder s international bestseller, stasiland, won the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction. Anna funder is one of australias most acclaimed and celebrated writers. Awardwinning author anna funder delivers an affecting and beautifully evocative debut novel about a group of young german exiles who risk their lives to awa. Written by anna funder, narrated by judy bennett, saul reichlin. All that i am king county library system overdrive. There, using secret contacts deep inside the nazi regime, they take breathtaking risks to warn the world of hitlers plans for war. Ernst toller, selfdoubting revolutionary and poet, sits in a new york hotel room, settling up the account of his life. All that i am by anna funder overdrive rakuten overdrive. Editions of all that i am by anna funder goodreads.
It won the miles franklin prize, spent over one and a half years on the bestseller list, and is being made into a feature film. Anna funder is the author of the acclaimed all that i am, winner of the 2012 miles franklin literary award, among other awards. She lives in brooklyn with her husband and children. There are so many ideas, beautifully observed, that resonated for me in this book, which can stand alone and lose none of their power. Funder s 2012 novel all that i am tells the previously untold story of four germanjewish antihitler activists forced to flee to london. Anna funder in conversation with richard fidler click here to listen. All that i am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and. Aug 29, 2011 anna funder is one of australias most acclaimed and celebrated writers. Anna funder on bbcs womans hour click here to listen bbcs the strand click here to listen bbcs the weekend strand click here to listen all that i am audiobook read by judy bennett and saul reichlin click here to listen abc radio eye, a contrary woman the story of ruth blatt anna speaks. Anna funder s exquisitely written novel, all that i am, about german jewish refugees trying to raise the alarm about hitler to a maddeningly unreceptive britain in the early 30s, resonates with particular intensity during the current coronavirus scare, which is all the more frightening for there being no safe harbor from the virus reach.
All that i am is a masterful and exhilarating exploration of brave. Read by denica fairman, produced by click here to listen. When hitler seizes power in 1933, a tightknit group of friends and lovers suddenly become hunted outlaws overnight. Awardwinning author anna funder delivers an affecting and beautifully evocative debut novel about a group of young german exiles who risk their lives to awaken the world to the terrifying threat of hitler and nazi germany. Based on reallife events and people, all that i am brings to light the heroic, tragic, and true story of a small group of leftwing german social activists who mounted a fierce and cunning resistance from their perilous london exile, in a novel that fans of suite francaise, the piano teacher, and atonement will find irresistible and unforgettable.
From anna funder, the author of stasiland, a thriller and a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance. In 1961, a line handpainted through the streets of berlin inaugurated a grim era of suspicion, oppression, and fear in the western world. Booktopia has all that i am, winner of the miles franklin literary award 2012 by anna funder. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. At the point when the divider fell, the federal republic of germany immediately subsumed its eastern partner.
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Browse audiobooks written by anna funder sorted by best. Anna funder, as one of her characters in her debut novel all that i am, makes a cunning observation about authors using people that they know in their writing. The strengths of funders writing are emotional and imaginative. History, like hope, is not something to be solved, but to be carried. May 30, 2016 discussion notes for all that i am by anna funder. Anna funder explores, in the most humane and sensitive way, lives blighted by the east german stasi. Anna funder, winner of the samuel johnson prize and author of stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii in all that i am when hitler comes to power in 1933, a tightknit group of friends and lovers become hunted outlaws overnight.
It is the authors first novel, but her name had been established by the nonfiction hit stasiland 2003. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Based on true events, all that i am is testament to some of the earliest now forgotten heroes of the resistance to hitler. All that i am, winner of the miles franklin literary award. Inspiring, tragic and based on real events, all that i am is a masterful and devastating novel of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and sacrifices that people endure to protect their beliefs and of discovering remarkable heroism hidden in the most unexpected of places. She allows exstasi operatives an equal chance to reflect on their achievements, and findsto her dismay and oursthat they have learned nothing. Her debut novel, all that i am, won many prizes, including the prestigious miles franklin literary award. Awardwinning author anna funder delivers an affecting and beautifully. All that i am anna funder paperback harpercollins us.
Abc radio podcast anna reading stasiland in episodes currently unavailable online. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. There, they continued the dangerous and illegal work of smuggling documents out of goerings office, and giving them to winston churchill a backbencher at the time to try to alert the world to hitlers plans for war. Based on reallife events and people, all that i am brings to. Australian author anna funder anna funder, acclaimed author of stasiland and all that i am, which is longlisted for the miles franklin award, on what motivates her, refugee issues and gender. A powerful extract from anna funder s newest novel, all that i am, read by judy bennett and saul reichlin.
Another lifetime away, its 1939 and the world is going to war. All that i am by anna funder penguin books australia. All that i am anna funder paperback harpercollins publishers. Stasiland is a masterpiece of investigative reporting, written with novelistic vividness and the compelling intensity of a universal, reallife story. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Ernst toller, the leftwing activist playwright is discussing with w. When hitler comes to power in 1933, a tightknit group of friends and lovers become hunted outlaws overnight. Her multiaward winning novel all that i am was an homage to four extraordinary german antihitler activists in exile in london in the 1930s. It follows characters affected by the nazi regime in prewar germany and britain the book was first published in 2011 by penguin books. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of anna funder s all that i am.
Anna funder lives in brooklyn, new york, with her husband and children. Written by anna funder, audiobook narrated by judy bennett, saul reichlin. Buy a discounted paperback of all that i am online from australias leading online bookstore. All that i am book club notes penguin books australia. Authentic or not, all that i am is a gripping story of love, betrayal and the aphrodisiac atmosphere of selfsacrifice. A thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the german resistance in world war ii. Anna funders international bestseller, stasiland, won the samuel johnson prize for nonfiction.