Design and truth in autobiography vs Man without a face: Which Should You Read?

Design and truth in autobiography Roy Pascal · 1960 ★★★★☆ 3.8 202 pages · ≈ 3 h 44 m · Moderate

Originally published in 1960. Is there an art of autobiography? What are its origins and how has it come to acquire the form we know today? For what does the autobiographer seek, and why should it be so popular? This…

Man without a face Wolf, Markus · 1997 ★★★★☆ 3.8 367 pages · ≈ 6 h 48 m · Moderate

How Cold War geopolitics challenged the bonds of lifelong friendsThis now-legendary memoir written by a leader of East Germany's notorious Stasi secret police follows three expatriate families whose boys create…