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Part I, Chapter 1 - Part I, Chapter 4

Part I: Before the Wall Came Down

Part I, Chapter 1: West Berlin

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Boyne, John. A Ladder to the Sky. Hogarth, 2018.

• The first part of the novel is narrated by novelist Erich Ackermann.

• In the spring of 1988, Erich returned to Germany for the first time in decades.

• Seated in the bar of the Savoy Hotel, he thought about his upcoming sixty-sixth birthday and his writing career.

• His career had begun decades earlier but had only recently earned him fame; his last novel, Dread, had just won The Prize, a prestigious literary award.

• After winning The Prize, Erich’s work became the focus of “admiration and critical study” (5), and Erich was invited to literary festivals and book tours.

• As a result, Erich found himself once again in Germany, where, as...

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