![]() ![]() ![]() "When there are two of you, you can laugh at a good many things which would make you cry on your own". In later years, she wrote for magazines and radio and. She sneaked back into Germany in 1940 under a false name and spent the rest of the war in Cologne. where she wrote Child of All Nations (1936) and After Midnight (1937). In the late 1920s, before Nazi occupation, Germany was crippled (History. As Sanna says at one point about her relationship with Franz. Irmgard Keun was born in Berlin in 1905 and found instant success with her novels Gilgi (1931) and The. Join Now Log in Home Literature Essays After Midnight After Midnight Essays The effect of the Nazi government on the characterization within After Midnight Anonymous 11th Grade After Midnight. By using humour and satire Keun invites the reader to join in the sheer craziness of a country not only losing its mind but its soul. Keun injects humour to highlight Sanna's constant bewilderment at what is happening to her friends but also the political chaos of the day. Her lover Franz is stuck with her Aunt who she fears will denounce them, her brother can't publish his novels anymore and his wife is in love with Heini a disillusioned journalist-and then there is the ever manipulative Betty Raff who constantly needs to satiate her appetite for drama through vicarious means. However the streets of Frankfurt are blocked because the Fuhrer is holding a rally and the city including Sanna are in a state of flux. ![]() ![]() ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK - Susanna Moder, 19, known as Sanna is helping her sister-in- law to plan a party for a man who doesn't reciprocate her feelings (and is not her husband). ![]()
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