{"product_id":"what-remains-and-other-stories","title":"What Remains and Other Stories","description":"What Remains collects Christa Wolfs short fiction  from early work in the sixties to the widely debated title story  first published in Germany in 1990. Addressing a wide range of topics  from sexual politics to the nature of memory  these powerful and often very personal stories offer a fascinating introduction to Wolfs work. What Remains and Other Stories . . . is clear and farsighted. The eight heartfelt stories in the book show why she has been respected as a serious author since her 1968 novel  The Quest for Christa T. . . . Wolf uses her own experiences and observations to create universal themes about the controls upon human freedom.Herbert Mitgang  New York Times Christa Wolf has set herself nothing less than the task of exploring what it is to be a conscious human being alive in a moment of history.Mary Gordon  New York Times Book Review The simultaneous publication of these two volumes offers readers here a generous sampling of the short fiction  speeches and essays that Wolf has produced over the last three decades.Mark Harman  Boston Globe","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44635687190581,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226904954","price":202.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0226904954_f3ea81a3-67ab-4ffc-8ad6-7f62e8c2fe06.jpg?v=1770232204","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/what-remains-and-other-stories","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}