Berlin Alexanderplatz /
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Penguin modern classicsPublication details: London : Penguin Classics, 2019Description: 480 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780141191621 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Nineteen twenties -- Fiction | Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: General. | Fiction in Translation. DDC classification: 843.912 LOC classification: PT2607.O35Summary: Franz 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. A dazzling collage of newspaper reports, Biblical stories, drinking songs and urban slang, 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' is 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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Main Library Fiction | F .D277 1929 | Available | 31106 |
Translated from the German.
Franz 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. A dazzling collage of newspaper reports, Biblical stories, drinking songs and urban slang, 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' is 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.