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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. 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. 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 story begins, he has just been released from prison, where he did time for some stupid stuff; now he is back in Berlin, determined to go straight. To begin with, he succeeds. But then, though doing all... Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB Number of Formats : 1 Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : isbn:9781681372006 Single Author : Alfred Doblin Original Source : Mirc New Files 03 09 Sorted Author by LN, FN: Doblin, Alfred Title Length : 021 Title Parm D : Berlin Alexanderplatz Title Parm F : Berlin Alexanderplatz Num of Aut : 1 Title Parm B : ( Record ID : 2235 Uncomma Author : Alfred Doblin Title Parm A : Berlin Alexanderplatz 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-- 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. Alfred Döblin ; Translated From The German And With An Afterword By Michael Hofmann. "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 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. 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. 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 story begins, he has just been released from prison, where he did time for some stupid stuff; now he is back 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 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. 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.