Dreamers

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.

About the author

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 the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, and the author of Summer Before the Dark, which is also published by Pushkin Press.

Summary

History that reads like a novel: the story of the writers and intellectuals behind the failed Bavarian Revolution of 1918.

Foreword

History that reads like a novel: the story of the writers and intellectuals behind the failed Bavarian Revolution of 1918, by the author of the acclaimed Summer Before the Dark.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Martin, Volker Weidermann
• Assisted by: Adam Freudenheim (Editor), Ruth Martin (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2018
• EAN: 9781782275046
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-504-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 224 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book