Book, Turmoil[LS]

Testimony from the greatest living name in German literature about a complex and little understood moment in recent history. In Tumulto, Enzensberger offers his memories of the 1960s, a time whose political turmoil foreshadowed a revolution not only in government regimes, but also in the culture of several countries. From literature to politics, from history to sociology, the author narrates experiences lived in the circuit of militant officialdom, in which his precise and ironic look reveals the contradictions between utopia and authoritarianism that marked the spirit of that time.