Berlin AlexanderplatzNew York Review of Books, 2018 M03 6 - 480 páginas 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. |
Contenido
Chapter One | 3 |
tram into the city Still not there The example | 17 |
escalope In which Franz swears to all the world | 32 |
Franz Biberkopf enters Berlin Franz Biberkopf is on the | 48 |
And all about the Frankfurt Topfmarkt Lina takes it to | 67 |
The scale of this Franz Biberkopf A match for the heroes of | 87 |
Yesterday on the backs of steeds Today shot through | 106 |
anythingFranz on the retreat plays a farewell march | 120 |
heart of Europe is unchanged Enough politics idleness | 273 |
Chapter Seven | 287 |
rainy Franz breaking and entering Franz not under | 299 |
wheels hes in the box seat now hes made it Loves weal | 328 |
Chapter Eight | 341 |
Franz notices nothing and the world goes on its way A | 350 |
with him Things come to a head plumber Karl gets caught | 371 |
fortress is completely surrounded the last sallies | 377 |
the Jews For as with animals so it is with man the | 137 |
Chapter Five | 153 |
will be even colderNothing for a while pause for rest | 175 |
April 1928 | 188 |
Chapter Six | 203 |
Crime pays The night of SundayMonday 9 April | 219 |
feetThird conquest of Berlin Clothes make people | 260 |
Battle is joined We ride into hell with a great fanfare | 383 |
Police HQ is on Alexanderplatz | 389 |
Chapter Nine | 397 |
skipped Buch insane asylum closed ward Dextrose | 410 |
involved Death sings his slow slow song And now Franz | 432 |
Notes | 445 |
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