Berlin Alexanderplatz
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Hofmann, Michael, 1957 August 25- translator.
Published
New York : New York Review Books, 2018.
ISBN
9781681371993, 1681371995
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Geneva Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Fiction | F DOBLIN | Checked out |
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor | FICTION DOBLIN | On Shelf |
Prairie State College - Stacks | PT2607.O35 B5113 2018 | On Shelf |
Prairie Trails Public Library District - Stacks | DOB | On Shelf |
Thomas Ford Memorial Library - Stacks | FIC DOBLIN | Checked out |
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Published
New York : New York Review Books, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
457 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681371993, 1681371995
Notes
Description
"The inspiration for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's epic film and that The Guardian named one of the "Top 100 Books of All Time," Berlin Alexanderplatz is considered one of the most important works of the Weimar Republic and twentieth century literature. Franz Biberkopf, pimp and petty thief, has just finished serving a term in prison for murdering his girlfriend. He's on his own in Weimar Berlin with its lousy economy and frontier morality, but Franz is determined to turn over new leaf, get ahead, make an honest man of himself, and so on and so forth. He hawks papers, chases girls, needs and bleeds money, gets mixed up in spite of himself in various criminal and political schemes, and when he tries to back out of them, it's at the cost of an arm. This is only the beginning of our modern everyman's multiplying misfortunes, but though Franz is more dupe than hustler, in the end, well, persistence is rewarded and things might be said to work out. Just like in a novel. Lucky Franz.Berlin, Alexanderplatz is one of great twentieth-century novels. Taking off from the work of Dos Passos and Joyce, Doblin depicts modern life in all its shocking violence, corruption, splendor, and horror. Michael Hofmann, celebrated for his translations of Joseph Roth and Franz Kafka, has prepared a new version, the first in over 75 years, in which Doblin's sublime and scurrilous masterpiece comes alive in English as never before"--,Provided by publisher.
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"Franz Biberkopf, pimp and petty thief, has just finished serving a term in prison for murdering his girlfriend. He's on his own in Weimar Berlin with its lousy economy and frontier morality, but Franz is determined to turn over new leaf, get ahead, make an honest man of himself, and so on and so forth. He hawks papers, chases girls, needs and bleeds money, gets mixed up in various criminal and political schemes in spite of himself, and when he tries to back out of them, it's at the cost of an arm. This is only the beginning of our modern everyman's multiplying misfortunes, but though Franz is more dupe than hustler, in the end, well, persistence is rewarded and things might be said to work out. Just like in a novel. Lucky Franz. Berlin Alexanderplatz is one of great twentieth-century novels. Taking off from the work of John Dos Passos and James Joyce, Alfred D.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Döblin, A., & Hofmann, M. (2018). Berlin Alexanderplatz . New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957 and Michael Hofmann. 2018. Berlin Alexanderplatz. New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957 and Michael Hofmann. Berlin Alexanderplatz New York Review Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Döblin, Alfred, and Michael Hofmann. Berlin Alexanderplatz New York Review Books, 2018.
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