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1929 - Alfred Döblin: 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'
A picturesque novel — like a film, like a song. It's the first German urban novel. And a story of a man who is constantly landing flat on his face — until, one day, he finally gets it. (08.10.2018)
1929 - E. M. Remarque: 'All Quiet on the Western Front'
It is the epitome of the anti-war novel. It has been translated into more than 50 languages and has sold more than 20 million copies. Yet was Remarque a true pacifist, or a trickster? (08.10.2018)
1929 - Vicki Baum: 'Grand Hotel'
This book reflected the spirit of the times in the 1920s, and turned its creator into a best-selling author. A luxury hotel in Berlin took center stage for people searching for luck, as well as those with a death wish. (08.10.2018)
1930 - Joseph Roth: 'Job'
In Joseph Roth's novel about Job, no terrible twist of fate is left out: delirium, illness, the loss of a homeland. How can the almighty allow these hardships? The loyalty of one Jewish believer is put to a trying test. (08.10.2018)
1931 - Erich Kästner: 'Going to the Dogs'
An intoxicating book that reads like a ramble through the dark side of Berlin shortly before the Nazis came to power. Erich Kästner had to watch his novel about life in the big city go up in flames. (08.10.2018)
1932 - Irmgard Keun: 'The Artificial Silk Girl'
Weimar-era Berlin, a riot of color and criminality, is brought to life through the eyes of 18-year-old Doris, a woman on the run, desperate to be a star. (08.10.2018)
1932 - Ernst Haffner: 'Blood Brothers'
They steal, they sell their bodies and beat each other up in Berlin during the 1930s. Ernst Haffner's novel offers a merciless view of homeless youth in the throngs of the big city. (08.10.2018)
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