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Alfred Doblin

The Three Leaps of Wang Lun

A Chinese Novel

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In 1915, fourteen years before Berlin Alexanderplatz, Alfred Döblin published his first novel, an extensively researched Chinese historical extravaganza: The Three Leaps of Wang Lun. Even more remarkably, given its subject matter, the book was written in Expressionist style and is now considered the first modern German novel, as well as the first Western novel to depict a China untouched by the West. It is virtually unknown in English. Based on actual accounts of a doomed rebellion during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the late 18th century, the novel tells the story of Wang Lun, a historical martial arts master and charismatic leader of th… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Godwin, C. D.
  • ISBN: 978-962-996-564-8
  • EAN: 9789629965648
  • Produktnummer: 20579736
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 528 S.

Über den Autor


Alfred Döblin (1878–1957) was a novelist, essayist, neurologist, and the leading figure of German Expressionist writing. He is best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, which was adapted into the acclaimed television series by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1980.C. D. Godwin studied German and Chinese in Edinburgh and Hong Kong. He worked in Hong Kong and China for many years, and now divides his time between England and Beijing. He is preparing an English translation of Döblin’s South American trilogy Land without Death.

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