num_pages: 635
description: Alfred Doblin (1878-1957) studied medicine in Berlin and specialized in the treatment of nervous diseases. Along with his experiences as a psychiatrist in the workers' quarter of Berlin, his writing was inspired by the work of Holderlin, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche and was first published in the literary magazine, Der Sturm. Associated with the Expressionist literary movement in Germany, he is now recognized as on of the most important modern European novelists. Berlin Alexanderplatz is one of the masterpieces of modern European literature and the first German novel to adopt the technique of James Joyce. It tells the story of Franz Biberkopf, who, on being released from prison, is confronted with the poverty, unemployment, crime and burgeoning Nazism of 1920s Germany. As Franz struggles to survive in this world, fate teases him with a little pleasure before cruelly turning on him.
language: English
title: Berlin Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
titlecomplete: Berlin Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
characters: Reinhold Hoffmann, Franz Biberkopf
genres: Fiction, European Literature, Roman, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Germany, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 9380
places: Berlin, Germany
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Frederick Ungar Publishing, Co.