The Oppermanns / Lion Feuchtwanger ; translated from the German by James Cleugh ; translation revised and introduced by Joshua Cohen ; notes by Richard J. Evans.
"In the foment of Weimar-era Berlin, the Oppermann brothers represent tradition and stability. One brother oversees the furniture chain founded by their grandfather, one is an eminent surgeon, one a respected critic. They are rich, cultured, liberal, and public spirited, proud inheritors of the German enlightenment. They don't see Hitler as a threat. Then, to their horror, the Nazis come to power, and the Oppermanns and their children are faced with the terrible decision of whether to adapt - if they can - flee, or try to fight. Written in 1933, nearly in real time, The Oppermanns captures the day-to-day vertigo of watching a liberal democracy fall apart. As Joshua Cohen writes in his introduction to this new edition, it is "one of the last masterpieces of German-Jewish culture." Prescient and chilling, it has lost none of its power today." -- Jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781946022332
- ISBN: 1946022330
- Physical Description: xviii, 380 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First McNally Editions paperback.
- Publisher: New York : McNally Editions, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Book I: Yesterday -- Book II: Today -- Book III: Tomorrow. |
Language Note: | In English. Originally published in German as Die Geschwister Oppermann by Querido Verlag, 1933. |
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Subject: | Jews > Germany > Berlin > Fiction. Germany > History > 1933-1945 > Fiction. |
Genre: | Political fiction. Novels. |
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Palmerton Area Library | F F43 (Text) | 65000000060840 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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