#53.1: "Berlin Alexanderplatz" by Alfred Döblin (Germany, 1929)
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- This book is FEVERISH so don't read it when you're sick like I did. It's an uncomfortable and irritating but absolutely unique and admirable work of 1920's Germany. And WOW....1920's Germany is frighteningly relateable to 2020's United States of America....another great book here for fans of Disco Elysium I think (if you are all about that strong man/half-light build 😀)
More to come from Germany! Currently reading....The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann which I talk about a little here as well. That one's going to take awhile though.
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Great review! I just finished reading the NYRB edition and I agree, readng BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ is an experience.
It changes and challenges the way you read literature. It's bold, hallucinatory, and there's nothing I've read quite like it.
Thank you so much! It's great to hear from someone else who experienced this fever dream too 😊
Hi! Your review helped me a lot since I had thos book on my exam, so thank you a lot 😊 As to your confusion regarding the differences between the books from the modern era, it is because there were many different artistic movements in this time period happening at the same time. For example Berlin Alexanderplatz belongs mostly to expressionism, menwhile Mann is hard to define, but his novels were more neoclassical or neoromantic. There was also Sybolism and Aesthecism happening in this time period, and all of these are quite different from each other. Hope it helps 😊
Glad I could help! And thank you for putting that in some perspective.
Excellent review of a demanding literary work. I haven't read it yet, the Greek translation is out of print, so I guess I will try the English one. Thanks a lot Mike for your analysis!
Good to hear from you George! Thank you and best to you on reading this one, it's a tough one to get through...perservere!
Good review all the way to the veg vendor reference at the end, where u'd need to read the book to get it. I think this book is carried along by Doblin's great intelligence---the story seems a bit superfulous to Doblin's constant musings about life and his various points of view on the subject. In the end like a good author Doblin creates a bit of drama. I was surprised by how little political was in the book given the time frame. Not a single reference to the Nazis that I recall. Have yet to rate it on my goat list but it will likely be below 20 and above 40. Agree with the reviewer--a very worthwhile read!
Thank you! So happy someone caught/mentioned my reference at the end 😄 I agree it is not overtly political, although I think it is possible to find some of the seeds of what were the conditions in Germany where fascism could take advantage of people's desperation and cynicism. The marching soldiers at the end could be a poignant symbol as well.