Super Short Summary

Stasiland by Anna Funder, originally published in 2002, recounts life in East Germany under the Communist regime from 1949 to 1990, focusing on the stories of those who resisted and lived within a highly perfected surveillance state. The narrative is built around Funder's visits to Leipzig and Berlin, where she meets individuals like Miriam Weber, whose husband died under suspicious circumstances, former Stasi officers, and various others affected by the Stasi's invasiveness and oppression.