{"product_id":"berlin-alexanderplatz-by-alfred-doblin","title":"Berlin Alexanderplatz By Alfred Döblin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e28\/02\/2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenres: Fiction - Classics - German Literature - Germany - Literature - Novels - 20th Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"two-columns\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe great novel of 1920s Berlin life, in a superb new translation by Michael Hofmann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFranz Biberkopf is back on the streets of Berlin. Determined to go straight after a stint in prison, he finds himself thwarted by an unpredictable external agency that looks an awful lot like fate. Cheated, humiliated, thrown from a moving car; embroiled in an underworld of pimps, thugs, drunks and prostitutes, Franz picks himself up over and over again - until one day he is struck a monstrous blow which might just prove his final downfall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dazzling collage of newspaper reports, Biblical stories, drinking songs and urban slang,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerlin Alexanderplatz\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis the great novel of Berlin life: inventing, styling and recreating the city as reality and dream; mimicking its movements and rhythms; immortalizing its pubs, abattoirs, apartments and chaotic streets. From the gutter to the stars, this is the whole picture of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerlin Alexanderplatz\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebrought fame in 1929 to its author Alfred Döblin, until then an impecunious writer and doctor in a working-class neighbourhood in the east of Berlin. Success at home was short-lived, however; Doblin, a Jew, left Germany the day after the Reichstag Fire in 1933, and did not return until 1945. This landmark translation by Michael Hofmann is the first to do justice to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerlin Alexanderplatz\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ein English, brilliantly capturing the energy, prodigality and inventiveness of Döblin's masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780141191621\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e480\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e196\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e128\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e27\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e346 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish (Language of text), German (Original language of a translated text)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53324963053881,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/9780141191621-jacket-large.webp?v=1779693405","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/berlin-alexanderplatz-by-alfred-doblin","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}