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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. 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.
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German fiction, German language books, Fiction, History, Germanic literature, Berlin (germany), fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Popular culture, Ex-convicts, Economic conditions, Social conditions, Intellectual life, German language, Political fiction, Fiction / psychological, Fiction / crime, Fiction / political, Pt2607.o35 b5113 2018, 833/.912, Fic025000 fic050000 fic037000, Film and video adaptations, Berlin alexanderplatz (motion picture)People
Alfred Döblin (1878-1957)Places
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20th centuryShowing 9 featured editions. View all 68 editions?
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Berlin Alexanderplatz: a novel
2014, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
in English
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Berlin Alexanderplatz: the story of Franz Biberkopf
2004, Continuum Publishing Group
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0826477895 9780826477897
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Berlin-Alexanderplatz: Drehbuch von Alfred Döblin und Hans Wilhelm zu Phil Jutzis Film von 1931
1996, Edition Text + Kritik
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388377510X 9783883775104
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Berlin Alexanderplatz: die Geschichte vom Franz Biberkopf
1988, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
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- Ungekurzte Augs., 27. Aufl.
3423002956 9783423002950
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Berlin Alexanderplatz: the story of Franz Biberkopf
1983, F. Ungar Pub. Co.
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080446121X 9780804461214
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Berlin Alexanderplatz. Die Geschichte vom Franz Biberkopf.
January 1, 1980, Suhrkamp
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in German
351801451X 9783518014516
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Berlin Alexanderplatz: die Geschichte vom Franz Biberkopf.
1961, Walter
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3530166073 9783530166071
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