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November 1918. The First World War is over, the battle is lost a and everywhere there is talk of revolution. Leaders of the German military have formed an uneasy alliance with the socialists who control the government and have proclaimed a new German republic, but throughout Berlin rival groups stage rallies and organize strikes. In A People Betrayed, the first volume of the epic November 1918: A German Revolution, Alfred Doblin takes us into the public and private dramas of these turbulent show more days, introducing us to a remarkable cast of fictional and historical characters, and bringing them to life in one of the great historical epics of the century. (Amazon summary) show lessTags
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I 1st heard of Döblin when I saw Fassbinder's 15 hr "Berlin Alexanderplatz" based on a Döblin novel. For people wanting to read a series of epic novels about post-WWI Germany, this is probably what shd be read. There's a 2nd volume called "Karl & Rosa".
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Novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, Alfred Doblin was one of the most prolific writers of his time. He was also a practicing physician in Berlin's working-class district of Alexanderplatz. His novel of this name (1930) is considered his best work, and represents, in its montage technique, Doblin's experimental attitude toward prose writing. show more Doblin fled the Nazi regime in 1933 and lived for a while in the United States. Later, he became a French citizen and a convert to the Roman Catholic Church. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- A People Betrayed
- Original title
- Verratenes Volk
- Original publication date
- 1948 (Verratenes Volk) (Verratenes Volk); 1949 (Heimkehr der Fronttruppen) (Heimkehr der Fronttruppen)
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- Germany
- Important events
- Novemberrevolution (1918 | 1919)
- Disambiguation notice
- From WorldCat: "Note(s): Translation of Verratenes Volk and Heimkehr der Fronttruppen, the first 2 parts of the author's trilogy, November 1918"
Please do not combine with either individual novel.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
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- 833.912 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures German fiction 1900- 1900-1990 1900-1945
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- PT2607 .O35 .V413 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures German literature Individual authors or works 1860/70-1960
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