Berlin Alexanderplatz 
Essential reading. Up there with Mann, Grass, Sebald, Wolf, etc
2016 Book I was Most Afraid To Hate I just don't have it in me ! I dipped into this book for two months and only got to 13 %.I cannot do it. I immensely dislike this book despite it being a modern classic. I am going to cut my losses and consider it my Infinite Jest of 2016.

[I read the Michael Hofmann translation from NYRB, but in an afterword Hofmann is very respectful of Jolass translation, so youre probably fine either way.]In a Berlin tavern:But Franz is reluctant, he says he doesnt like these political discussions. The grizzled anarchist persists: This isnt a political discussion. Were just having a chat. What job do you do?Franz sits up on his chair and reaches for his beer mug, he fixes the anarchist with a look. There is a reaper, Death yclept, I must go up
The white zone is for loading and unloading only.If ya gotta load or unload, go to the white zone.You'll love it.It's a way of life.
A hundred years ago there was a craze for giant plotless novels that tried to slice through an entire city or even country and look down at the thousands of humans milling around like badly dressed ants and itemise them all. These huge novels (Ulysses by Jimmy Joyce, U.S.A by Johnny Dos Passos, The Waste Land by Tommy Eliot - not a novel but the same kind of thing) use newspaper clippings, adverts, random dialogue, doggerel, childrens rhymes, radio announcements, political proclamations, Greek
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 James Joyce. This was also one of the reasons why I tried hard to first read Ulysses (serialized from 1918 to 1920) prior to cracking this one up. I found this easier to read despite the fact that I used a
Alfred Döblin
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| Title | : | Berlin Alexanderplatz |
| Author | : | Alfred Döblin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 457 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 2009 by Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (first published 1929) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. European Literature. German Literature. Classics. Cultural. Germany |
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Biberkopf hat geschworen, er will anständig sein, und ihr habt gesehen, wie er wochenlang anständig ist, aber das war gewissermaßen nur eine Gnadenfrist. Das Leben findet das auf die Dauer zu fein und stellt ihm hinterlistig ein Bein. Die Geschichte des Transportarbeiters Franz Biberkopf, der, aus der Strafanstalt Berlin-Tegel entlassen, als ehrlicher Mann ins Leben zurückfinden möchte, ist der erste deutsche Großstadtroman von literarischem Rang. Das Berlin der Zwanziger Jahre ist der Schauplatz des Geschehens. Dabei wird die Großstadt selbst zum Gegenspieler des gutmütig-jähzornigen Franz Biberkopf, der dieser verlockenden, aber auch unerbittlichen Welt zu trotzen versucht. Mit Berlin Alexanderplatz vollzog Döblin die radikale Abkehr vom bürgerlich psychologischen Roman. Hier wurde kein Einzelschicksal analysiert. Das kollektive Geschehen, das Allgemeine einer menschlichen Situation erfuhr hier eine gültige dichterische Gestaltung. Der Roman zählt zu den großen Epen unserer Zeit.Specify Books Conducive To Berlin Alexanderplatz
| Original Title: | Berlin Alexanderplatz |
| ISBN: | 3423002956 (ISBN13: 9783423002950) |
| Edition Language: | German |
| Characters: | Franz Biberkopf |
| Setting: | Germany Berlin(Germany) |
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Main character: Berlin! As a foil, you get to know the criminal Franz Biberkopf, who tries his best to be honest. He really does. But he does not have more talent for life than Keith in London Fields, and even less talent at darts. Also, he happens to be born into an era which could have made a better man fail. And what could you possibly expect of Biberkopf then, not being a better man? Not even good? Or passable?And Martin Amis: I all of a sudden realise that you did not only steal the plotEssential reading. Up there with Mann, Grass, Sebald, Wolf, etc
2016 Book I was Most Afraid To Hate I just don't have it in me ! I dipped into this book for two months and only got to 13 %.I cannot do it. I immensely dislike this book despite it being a modern classic. I am going to cut my losses and consider it my Infinite Jest of 2016.

[I read the Michael Hofmann translation from NYRB, but in an afterword Hofmann is very respectful of Jolass translation, so youre probably fine either way.]In a Berlin tavern:But Franz is reluctant, he says he doesnt like these political discussions. The grizzled anarchist persists: This isnt a political discussion. Were just having a chat. What job do you do?Franz sits up on his chair and reaches for his beer mug, he fixes the anarchist with a look. There is a reaper, Death yclept, I must go up
The white zone is for loading and unloading only.If ya gotta load or unload, go to the white zone.You'll love it.It's a way of life.
A hundred years ago there was a craze for giant plotless novels that tried to slice through an entire city or even country and look down at the thousands of humans milling around like badly dressed ants and itemise them all. These huge novels (Ulysses by Jimmy Joyce, U.S.A by Johnny Dos Passos, The Waste Land by Tommy Eliot - not a novel but the same kind of thing) use newspaper clippings, adverts, random dialogue, doggerel, childrens rhymes, radio announcements, political proclamations, Greek
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 James Joyce. This was also one of the reasons why I tried hard to first read Ulysses (serialized from 1918 to 1920) prior to cracking this one up. I found this easier to read despite the fact that I used a


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