Berlin Alexanderplatz (new York Review Books Classics)
by Alfred Doblin /
2018 / English / EPUB
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The inspiration for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's epic film and
that
The inspiration for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's epic film and
thatThe Guardian
The Guardian named one of the "Top 100 Books
of All Time,"
named one of the "Top 100 Books
of All Time,"Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatzis considered
one of the most important works of the Weimar Republic and
twentieth century literature.
is considered
one of the most important works of the Weimar Republic and
twentieth century literature.Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz, the great novel of Berlin and the
doomed Weimar Republic, is one of the great books of the twentieth
century, gruesome, farcical, and appalling, word drunk, pitchdark.
In Michael Hofmann's extraordinary new translation, Alfred Döblin's
masterpiece lives in English for the first time.
, the great novel of Berlin and the
doomed Weimar Republic, is one of the great books of the twentieth
century, gruesome, farcical, and appalling, word drunk, pitchdark.
In Michael Hofmann's extraordinary new translation, Alfred Döblin's
masterpiece lives in English for the first time.
As Döblin writes in the opening pages:
As Döblin writes in the opening pages:The subject of this book is the life of the former cement worker
and haulier Franz Biberkopf in Berlin. As our
The subject of this book is the life of the former cement worker
and haulier Franz Biberkopf in Berlin. As ourstory begins, he has just been released from prison, where he
did time for some stupid stuff; now he is back
story begins, he has just been released from prison, where he
did time for some stupid stuff; now he is backin Berlin, determined to go straight.
in Berlin, determined to go straight.To begin with, he succeeds. But then, though doing all right for
himself financially, he gets involved in a
To begin with, he succeeds. But then, though doing all right for
himself financially, he gets involved in aset-to with an unpredictable external agency that looks an awful
lot like fate.
set-to with an unpredictable external agency that looks an awful
lot like fate.Three times the force attacks him and disrupts his scheme. The
first time it comes at him with dishonesty and deception. Our man
is able to get to his feet, he is still good to
stand.
Three times the force attacks him and disrupts his scheme. The
first time it comes at him with dishonesty and deception. Our man
is able to get to his feet, he is still good to
stand.Then it strikes him a low blow. He has trouble getting up from
that, he is almost counted out. And finally it hits him with
monstrous and extreme violence.
Then it strikes him a low blow. He has trouble getting up from
that, he is almost counted out. And finally it hits him with
monstrous and extreme violence.
