13 unerwünschte Reportagen

by Günter Wallraff

No

Genres: Nonfiction, Germany, Memoir, Journalism

Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Günter Wallraff is a German writer and journalist. He came to prominence thanks to his striking journalistic research methods and several major books on lower class working conditions and tabloid journalism. This style of research is based on what the reporter experiences personally after covertly becoming part of the subgroup under investigation. Wallraff would construct a fictional identity so that he was not recognisable as a journalist. In this way, he created books which denounce what he considers to be social injustices and which try to provide readers with new insights into the way in which society works.

Reviews

[Tritocosmikos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clearly not his best work but still a great introduction to this legendary undercover investigative journalist. The book (depending on which version you own) examines two major cases. In first case, Wallraff goes undercover as an immigrant worker revealing the mistreatment from the German employers. In second case, he becomes an editor for the tabloid Bild-Zeitung journalist and exposes the dark face and the systematic lies of the mainstream tabloid journalism.

[Bookvan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unfassbar schwer zu lesen. Nicht wegen seiner Sprache, sondern wegen der Emotionem, den sein Inhalt weckt.
Nach jedem Kapitel möchte man vor Wut und Verzweiflung auf die Straße gehen und nach Gerechtigkeit schreien.

[Esteban · Rating 3 out of 5]

I promised myself I would re read it, but then I'll do it in Spanish, I found this translation very lousy, and I think because of that I missed some details.