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This volume presents Alfred Döblin’s short stories in English for the first time. It gathers works spanning his early career to the period when he lived in exile outside Nazi Germany, highlighting his lyrical and psychological style in German literature.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Alfred Döblin
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