“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” “Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know what no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.” ― George Orwell, 1984Hitler is back, how; he just wakes up covered in petrol on a park and everything has changed except him, this part of the book is very funny, we see everything Through his eyes and mind, a twisted repellent place that can not be cleaned of oudious beliefs. As an exercise in satire it is funny on and off. While I was reading it I kept getting the feeling that of and ecco a recognition of something I had experienced before And then I realized--like I was shot...like I was shot with a diamond...a diamond bullet right through my forehead. the horror the horror; it was Borat, Borat acting as he always acts and no one daring to contradict or confront him and that why it works we have seen this acct on tv and film and seen what fools a good satire a little heavy to digest at times.people are when confronted with absolute belief, we do not deare contradiction in case we are accused of prejudice or racism and we would act the same if Hitler was Borat if that makes any sense. Now the other cultural reference I got was from a film by Peter Sellers Being There. This are two brilliant ideas so if you cook with the best the results can not be bad and so it is with this book, Well written, or at least well translated. This isn't a side splitting romp, but it is gently funny, intelligently observational and thought provoking. I can't pretend to be massively offended by it. It's a story. It works as a satire on the Media circus, although there are a couple of faults that get a bit tedious after a while: 1) Everyone Adolf talks to assumes he is joking and being satirical. 2) There are lots of in-jokes about the current German political system which don't travel well. That said, some of Adolf's rants and observations are well performed, but, to quote one character, "very close to the wind" Vernes must have been seriously thick-skinned to commit the dialogue to print in Modern Europe.I'm torn between 4 or 3 stars for this, but I've decided to give it 4, just because there are so many people on Goodreads who think I shouldn't be allowed to read this book. Indeed, there are quite a few people who think this book should be burnt. Somebody fetch the Irony Bell.
What do You think about Er Ist Wieder Da (2012)?
A very odd book. I'm not sure if I liked it or if it was good but it was a very interesting idea.
—laurenagarrett
Great funny book about "his" comeback in Berlin in 2013. Amazing author!
—nick
Book Riot 2015 Challenge: Book published first in a foreign language.
—Amanda0304
