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The Oppermanns / Lion Feuchtwanger ; translated from the German by James Cleugh ; translation revised and introduced by Joshua Cohen ; notes by Richard J. Evans.

by Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958.

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McNally Editions, 2022.

Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- Fiction.

Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.

9781946022332 (trade pbk.)

xviii, 380 p. ; 22 cm.

"Originally published in German as Die Geschwister Oppermann by Querido Verlag, Amsterdam, 1933" --T.p. verso.

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references.

"In the foment of Weimar-era Berlin, the Oppermann brothers represent tradition and stability. One brother oversees the furniture chain founded by their grandfather, one is an eminent surgeon, one a respected critic. They are rich, cultured, liberal, and public spirited, proud inheritors of the German enlightenment. They don't see Hitler as a threat. Then, to their horror, the Nazis come to power, and the Oppermanns and their children are faced with the terrible decision of whether to adapt - if they can - flee, or try to fight. Written in 1933, nearly in real time, The Oppermanns captures the day-to-day vertigo of watching a liberal democracy fall apart. As Joshua Cohen writes in his introduction to this new edition, it is "one of the last masterpieces of German-Jewish culture." Prescient and chilling, it has lost none of its power today." -- Publisher.

Historical fiction.

Cohen, Joshua, 1980-

Evans, Richard J.

Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958. Geschwister Oppenheim. English

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