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Michael Califra

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Michael Califra’s books are examinations of individuals resisting or succumbing to events in a world that is often absurd.

Califra lived and worked in Germany, mostly in Berlin, from 1986 to 1998 where he wrote the novel, "No Man's Land." When the Berlin Wall fell, and Germany and Berlin were reunified, it soon became clear that the city he knew would be quickly erased, just as the Berlin of the Kaiser had been overtaken by Weimar Berlin, which was then been wiped away by Hitler's capital, only to be replaced yet again by Cold War cities of East and West Berlin. Wanting to document the place he knew would soon dissolve into history was the motivation behind writing his novel.

The author has also executive produced feature films starring suc
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Average rating: 3.83 · 230 ratings · 31 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
No Man's Land

3.95 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions
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Alone.

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Leaving Natalie

3.84 avg rating — 44 ratings2 editions
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Where is Held?

3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings2 editions
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