Dreamers: When the Writers Took Power, Germany 1918
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Dreamers: When the Writers Took Power, Germany 1918

Dreamers: When the Writers Took Power, Germany 1918

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Volker Weidermann (Author) Ruth Martin (Contributor)  

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At the end of the First World War in Germany, the journalist and theatre critic Kurt Eisner organised a revolution which overthrew the monarchy, and declared a Free State of Bavaria. In February 1919, he was assassinated, and the revolution failed. But while the dream lived, it was the writers, the poets, the playwrights and the intellectuals who led the way. As well as Eisner, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, and many other prominent figures in German cultural history were involved. In his characteristically lucid, sharp prose, Volker Weidermann presents us with a slice of history - November 1918 to April 1919 - and shows how a small group of people could have altered the course of the twentieth century.
The award-winning writer and literary critic Volker Weidermann was born in Germany in 1969, and studied political science and German language and literature in Heidelberg and Berlin. He is the cultural editor of Der Spiegel, and the author of Summer Before the Dark, which is also published by Pushkin Press.
  • Contributor: Volker Weidermann
  • Imprint: Pushkin Press
  • ISBN13: 9781782275060
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 129x198mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Pushkin Press
  • Release Date: 2019-11-07
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: The award-winning writer and literary critic Volker Weidermann was born in Germany in 1969, and studied political science and German language and literature in Heidelberg and Berlin. He is the cultural editor of Der Spiegel, and the author of Summer Before the Dark, which is also published by Pushkin Press.

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