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The jolly slog of Franz Biberkopf!

A novel published in the late 1920s about Weimar-era Berlin which really captures a specific moment in time (between catastrophes) and describing parts of the city (streets, stores, landmarks) that due to WWII and communism/GDR no longer exist.

There are so many great #JudiDench roles, but I think one of her greatest was as Sally Bowles in the original London production of Cabaret. And if you're interested in a slice of life in Weimar Berlin, the setting of the musical, look no further than the tagged book, which one reviewer called, "an unsparing account of a society in a freefall." #Movie2BookRecs #seemoretheatre @Klou

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Day 6

It‘s 1926 and we meet Franz Biberkopf as he is released from prison. Over the next years we will follow him as he tries to get his life on track and do honorable work, but that‘s not easy in Berlin in the late 20s. And with a criminal past, he may not know the right people to always be on the right side of the law?

But this novel is just as much about Berlin and there is a lot of street names, descriptions and public transportation.

@AnnCecilie Can you _believe_ it⁉️
After I read your post I wanted to make another attempt with that book. So I searched my library.

They have a volume with explanations and comments to the text – but not the novel itself. 😤

Ever since I saw the German TV series “Babylon Berlin”, I‘ve wanted to read books set in Berlin during the same time period (20s/30s).

As far as I know this book does that, but I doesn‘t know much about it.

This book has been standing on my shelves for 14 yrs so I‘m happy about finally getting to it.

Not only the story of Franz Biberkopf but also the story of Berlin in the #1920s. At least that's what I've heard since I haven't read it yet (of course, I want to).

#LetsTravelJuly

Not an easy or enjoyable read. As the unlikeable protagonist makes his way through lower class Berlin, there are glimpses, through the collaged technique, of the instability of society. An interesting depiction of a particular time and place, held loosely together with the narrative downfall of a not so good main character. The writing is disorienting and powerful, but overall it is unpleasant, as probably interned by the author. 3 🌟 #1001books

Jan.TBR stack.

My copies, was obsessed with reading it , pre internet , hard to find.Now there is a NYRB edition out, the review in The Nation , by Adam Kirsch, had a Lol moment .”Put this way,the story of Frank Biberkopf sounds like a cross between a hard boiled crime novel& a piece of Agitprop about the fate of Berlin‘s underclass.But BA transcends its genre elements,largely because of Doblins deep lack of hope about what can be expected of human beings.”👇

#UncannyOctober #ACitylnTheTitle

Haden't realised Berlin is the city that features the most in the title of the books l have most at hand

#SizzlinSummerBooks #AroundTheWorld

First raw, already read. Second raw, on my TBR.
I didn't realise l have so many books with reference to a place in the title

Sorry, Döblin, I just don't care for the James Joyce style. ?

#onthenightstand #aprilbookshowers Berlin Alexanderplatz has been a bit of a slog, Atomic Robo is always fun, and of course the latest issue of Publisher's Weekly!

#firstlineofcurrentread #aprilbookshowers

My next read! Thank you Random Number Generator! #1159

Books and tea never fail to cheer me up and make me happy ❤️
Currently reading /Book no. 15 of this year - "Alfred DĂśblin - Berlin Alexanderplatz"
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Max Rüst will become a tinker, father of seven more Rüsts, he will work for the firm of Hallis & Co Plumbing and Roofing, in Grünau. At age 52 he will win a quarter of a prize in the Prussian Class Lottery then he will retire from business and die during an adjustment suit which he started against the firm of Hallis & Co at age 55. His obituary will read as follows: On September, suddenly, from heart-disease, my beloved husband, our dear father...

Literarisch anspruchsvolles Buch. Mir persÜnlich gefiel der Schreibstil sehr gut, v. A. da ich durch meinen Vater selbst berlinere. Fßr Menschen, die nicht mit dem Dialekt vertraut sind, kÜnnte das den Redefluss jedoch behindern. Ich liebe auch den Montagestil sehr, da man unheimlich viele Informationen zum Umfeld Biberkopf's erhält. Dieser Erzähltechnik ist manchmal jedoch schwer zu folgen. Die Handlung macht es jedoch absolut lesenswert.
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