{"product_id":"berlin-alexanderplatz-9781681371993","title":"Berlin Alexanderplatz","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's epic film and that \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e named one of the \"Top 100 Books of All Time,\" \u003ci\u003eBerlin Alexanderplatz \u003c\/i\u003eis considered one of the most important works of the Weimar Republic and twentieth century literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerlin Alexanderplatz\u003c\/i\u003e, the great novel of Berlin and the doomed Weimar Republic, is one of the great books of the twentieth century, gruesome, farcical, and appalling, word drunk, pitchdark. In Michael Hofmann's extraordinary new translation, Alfred D blin's masterpiece lives in English for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs D blin writes in the opening pages: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe subject of this book is the life of the former cement worker and haulier Franz Biberkopf in Berlin. As our\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003estory begins, he has just been released from prison, where he did time for some stupid stuff; now he is back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein Berlin, determined to go straight. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo begin with, he succeeds. But then, though doing all right for himself financially, he gets involved in a\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eset-to with an unpredictable external agency that looks an awful lot like fate. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree times the force attacks him and disrupts his scheme. The first time it comes at him with dishonesty and deception. Our man is able to get to his feet, he is still good to stand. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThen it strikes him a low blow. He has trouble getting up from that, he is almost counted out. And finally it hits him with monstrous and extreme violence.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681371993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2018 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alfred Doblin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36665547980956,"sku":"9781681371993","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ad8fdf46-383d-4108-8bf3-d713ae5499fd.jpg?v=1603909796","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/berlin-alexanderplatz-9781681371993","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}