The Oppermanns
New York : McNally Editions, 2022, ©2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First McNally Editions paperback.
Description: xviii, 380 pages ; 22 cm
"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.
Other Authors:
Cleugh, James, translator.
Cohen, Joshua, 1980- editor, author of introduction.
Evans, Richard J., author of supplementary textual content.
Cleugh, James, translator.
Cohen, Joshua, 1980- editor, author of introduction.
Evans, Richard J., author of supplementary textual content.
Contents:
Introduction -- Book one: Yesterday -- Book two: Today -- Book three: Tomorrow -- Translation of the alternative ending.
ISBN:
9781946022332
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"Originally published in German as Die Geschwister Oppermann by Querido Verlag, Amsterdam, 1933" --Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
In English, translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references.
In English, translated from the German.