The Ectomo blog recenlty talked about ‘East German trucker pulp”. When it was pointed out that this pulp fiction was not from the DDR, the blog replied. “Yes, dammit, I know. I don’t care! ‘DDR Pulps’ just sounds better.”
Well it sounded better when Iraq had WMD’s as well.
The point should not be missed, though. Although East Germany was not fantacizing in this way about the US, Germany was and you can own each issue for EUR 1,50. There are a number of these Trucker fantasy books for sale. Additionally, Tom Astor sings a great German country song about the life of a German trucker. And here! The romanticism of it all is just a bit too much. Cheese sells, however. The band “Truck Stop” also gets in on the fun.
To turn it around to literature, it reminds me of the Theodore Fontane poem, John Maynard. John Maynard is the lone american hero who guides an ailing ship ship to safety. They only need to get to the shores of Buffalo! The link provides both English and German text.
“John Maynard was our helmsman true.
To solid land he carried us through.
He saved our lives, our noble king.
He died for us; his praise we sing.
John Maynard.”
