Lion Feuchtwanger, Die Geschwister Oppermann [The Oppermanns]

Ian Wallace (University of Bath)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.06: French Writing and Culture: Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (Universidad de Antioquia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1932 - 1933

Places

Germany (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Die Geschwister Oppermann [The Oppermanns, 1933] was the first novel Lion Feuchtwanger wrote during his long exile from Germany (1933-58) and the first by any major writer to depict everyday life under the Nazi dictatorship. It was originally planned as the script for a film on which Feuchtwanger cooperated with the British screenwriter Sidney Gilliat, a project which was soon abandoned for the novel. This was written in only six months between April and September 1933 – an indication of the urgency Feuchtwanger felt about warning the world of the horrors taking place in Germany. Published by Querido in Amsterdam, its title was changed to Die Geschwister Oppenheim [The Oppenheims] at the last moment …

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Citation: Wallace, Ian. "Die Geschwister Oppermann". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 September 2009 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=26984, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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