http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6477/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/east-germany-had-its-charms-crushed-capitalism <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> A book review headline that&#039;s a worthy companion to 1992&#039;s infamous: &quot;A Gulag Breeds Rage, Yes, but Also Serenity.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Veteran Times contributor and book critic Richard Eder reviewed "New Lives" by German novelist Ingo Schulze, a book that excoriates what colonizing Western capitalism has done to the former East Germany. Schultz portrays capitalism as a force bulldozing everything in its path, even worthwhile values that had survived the Communist regime.</p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/east-germany-had-its-charms-crushed-capitalism" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Books capitalism Communism EastGermany Headlines IngoSchulze NewYorkTimes NYTimes RichardEder TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:46:00 +0000 admin 6513 at http://archive2.mrc.org