This book is said to be one of the required readings for high school students in Germany. When it was published in 1929, it became a monstrous hit and the book's popularity has been sustained all these years.Reason: this is the first German book that used the stream-of-consciousness style of Jame...
Döblins erster großer Roman Terror und politische Verfolgung, Religion und Gewaltlosigkeit sind die zentralen Themen des erstmals 1915/16 im S. Fischer Verlag erschienenen ›Wang-lun‹. Mit seiner modernen Erzähltechnik und den beeindruckenden Massenszenen begeisterte das Buch die zeitgenössische ...
Franz looks the place over. He chuckles: “Emmi, cute li’l Emmi, it was nice I found ye today, wasn’t it?” She doesn’t yet understand the man, but is mightily flattered, he can go to hell, that other guy who had stood her up, let ‘im get mad, if he wants to. “Emmi, sweet Emmi, just take a peep at ...