A stout pacifist and democrat, he was expelled from the national writers guild during the nazi era, with many of his books being burned in public. German satirist, poet and novelist, whose military experiences made him pacifist after world war i and opponent of totalitarian systems. Studienarbeit aus dem jahr 2003 im fachbereich germanistik neuere deutsche literatur, note. Kastner was born in dresden, saxony, and grew up on konigsbrucker stra. Erich kastner project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Kastners only major adult novel, fabian, was published in 1931.
He travels incessantly through the center of the city by foot, by car, and by train, with a carefullydescribed geographical accuracy that is impressive to anyone who knows. Erich kaestners 1931 weimar novel fabian cambridge. His mother, ida amalia nee augustin, had been a maidservant, but in her thirties. Synopsis first published in german in 1931, the first english edition of this book was published in 1932 by jonathan cape in an expurgated edition. I was struck by the books apparant parallels to our own time and found the authors message to be nearly prescient. He always wanted to become a writer but he became an author and a journalist. He went to school in berlin and leipzig where he studied german and roman languages and he also had a master in philosophy. The suicide of fabians friend as a hapless reaction to what was later discovered to be a cruel joke is a metaphor for the heartlessness of the era. Fabian ist ein scharfer beobachter des lebens um ihn herum. The suicide of fabian s friend as a hapless reaction to what was later discovered to be a cruel joke is a metaphor for the heartlessness of the era.
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