A biography

Summary:
Wilfried F. Schoeller presents the first comprehensive biography of Alfred Döblin, the great "unknown" of Germany's literary history, who was never able to free himself from Thomas Mann's shadow. The work reveals a man who was drawn into the tragedies of the 20th century as a doctor and an artist, as a Jew and a Catholic, as a patriot and a socialist. Schoeller presents the many, often contradictory facets of this life. And he makes clear what is still to be discovered in Döblin's gigantic narrative cosmos.

Author: Schoeller, Wilfried F.
From the author:
Wilfried F. Schoeller, born in 1941, was head of the "Current Culture" department at Hessischer Rundfunk/Television. As a professor of 20th century literature, he taught literary criticism and media at the University of Bremen. Published by Carl Hanser Verlag: Germany on the Spot. Geschichten, Mythen, Erinnerungen (2005), Alfred Döblin. A Biography (2011) and Franz Marc. A Biography (2016).