num_pages: 568
description: Berlin Alexanderplatz is one of the masterpieces of modern European literature and the first German novel to adopt the techniques 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: Spanish; Castilian
title: Berlín Alexanderplatz
titlecomplete: Berlín Alexanderplatz
characters: Reinhold Hoffmann, Franz Biberkopf
genres: Classics, Roman, European Literature, Novels, German Literature, Germany, 20th Century, Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 9380
places: Germany, Berlin
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Ediciones Destino