Without a doubt, Frohburg is the opus magnum of Guntram Vesper, and for the author, it is the starting point of everything: Here, a country and a time are validly captured, along with culture and politics, war and post-war, creating a comprehensive and magnificent portrait of German life in the twentieth century. It is a monumental prose work that deserves to be placed alongside the great books of Peter Kurzeck, Walter Kempowski, and Uwe Johnson. Frohburg is a cornucopia of stories, a grand autobiographical narrative, a world book in a manageable form, a panorama of history and tales like we haven't had in a long time.