After the Second Flood: Essays on Post-War German Literature

The period After The Second Flood describes is marked by conflict, change and uncertainty, as the writers come to terms with the aftermath of the war, the division of Germany, the consequences of the Economic Miracle and other disruptive and creative elements. After the Second Flood is not a complete record, but it is the most comprehensive and judicious account we have, written in a manner at once illuminating and discriminating.