Kastner was born in dresden, saxony, and grew up on konigsbrucker stra. 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. 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. The story of a moralist by erich kastner, erich kaestner, rodney livingstone, c. He always wanted to become a writer but he became an author and a journalist.
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. Kastners only major adult novel, fabian, was published in 1931. Kastner included rapid cuts and montages in it, in an attempt to mimic cinematic style. Set in the crumbling berlin of the 1920s, it is a tale of despair. Erich kaestners 1931 weimar novel fabian cambridge. He went to school in berlin and leipzig where he studied german and roman languages and he also had a master in philosophy. Studienarbeit aus dem jahr 2003 im fachbereich germanistik neuere deutsche literatur, note.
He had the title of one of the best children author. 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. His mother, ida amalia nee augustin, had been a maidservant, but in her thirties. This new edition of the english translation of kastners 1931 novel restores the erotic elements prudishly omitted in its 1932 publication. German satirist, poet and novelist, whose military experiences made him pacifist after world war i and opponent of totalitarian systems. Close by, the erich kastner museum was subsequently opened in the villa augustin that had belonged to kastner s uncle franz augustin kastner s father, emil richard kastner, was a master saddlemaker.
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. Erich kastner s fabian is the story of an attractive literary type. Bachelorarbeit, masterarbeit, hausarbeit oder dissertation. Erich kaestners 1931 weimar novel fabian september 2, 2007 at 1. Erich kastner project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Fabian ist ein scharfer beobachter des lebens um ihn herum.
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