Micro-narratives compensating the omissions of grand historical narratives

The journey of the East German society through the radically changing socio-political scenarios from the times of the GDR till the time after the reunification make its contemporary literature a very interesting subject. Angela Krauss is one of the most important contemporary German women authors, who have always conveyed the social history through individualized experiences. The reader is assigned, as Ranciere would say, the role of an 'emancipated spectator' who is intended to comprehend the narrative discourse that comes through the hitherto voiceless sidelined characters like nature and animals for example. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.