you can read this in times of fading light a family drama set against the collapse of communism in east germany won the german book prize in two thousand and eleven. the film version distills the epic novel into a single day. friends and comrades gather to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of communist hero. but it's one nine hundred eighty nine and everybody but vilhelm suspects that east germany is cracking up. and says the chablis is a good guy and that's why they want to keep. the best conditioning. by turns both funny and sad the director captures the feel of the novel the gloomy decline of east germany just before the fall time travel to a country that no longer exists. and since it is good it is about the. it's for him is this is for greatness for. satire is one of the hardest saunders to