Wallenstein. 2
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers with good German who want to read Döblin's historical fiction
- Readers of historical literature interested in the Thirty Years' War and the Wallenstein subject
- Students studying German Expressionist narrative or the craft of historical fiction
- Readers who need a public-domain German text for comparative reading
Not a good fit for
- Readers who struggle with German and do not wish to use translations or reference works
- General fiction readers expecting light, fast-paced plotting
- Readers who want the complete story but are unwilling to read the first volume first
Reading tips
- Read the first volume before this one to avoid breaks in character and plot threads.
- Keep a brief chronology of the Thirty Years' War on hand and check the historical background as you read.
- After each chapter, sum up in a few sentences the characters' positions and power relations.
- If German is difficult, consult a Chinese translation or English-language material for support.
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About the author
Alfred Döblin (1878–1957) was a German novelist, essayist and physician, and a representative of expressionist narrative. He first displayed his narrative experiments in the short-story collection The Murder of a Buttercup and Other Stories, and later expanded his subjects and forms in the two-volume historical novel Wallenstein and the China-set novel The Three Leaps of Wang-lun. His masterpiece Berlin Alexanderplatz depicts the life of the metropolis through montage, interior monologue and Berlin dialect. In 1933 he went into exile in France and the United States, returning to Europe after the war; his works run to more than thirty volumes. Five of his works are held here, commonly classified under inspirational growth; public information is limited, so this introduction focuses on his subjects and style.
