How German is it – Walter Abish

Ulrich Hargenau a successful writer has returned to his homeland after a prolonged absence and is soon forced to confront problems that lie beneath the new democratic Germany. Nowhere is this more complex than in Brumholdstein – a flourishing community built over a former concentration camp. When a police station is attacked a mass grave of unidentified corps is discovered his estranged ex-wife disappears and attempts are made on his own life Ulrich gradually pieces together the puzzle of a society in turmoil.;In this chilling unsettling and subtly ironic panorama of contemporary Germany Walter Abish asks how German is it? to explore a society that has attempted to erase its menacing heritage.