It was the year of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, which paved the way for a new, unexpected world order, so much so that there was talk of the ‘end of history’. A pervasive fear of the atomic bomb remained palpable with the Cold War still in the background.Īt the same time, 1989 became instantly charged with global symbolism. We witnessed rising ecological awareness along with a succession of environmental disasters. The year 1989 came at the end of an awful decade for the environment. Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Guignol's Band I & II John Sommerfield: Trouble in Porter Street Pamela Hansford Johnson: This Bed Thy Centre
