Dreamers : When the Writers Took Power, Germany 1918

Resumen del libro

At the end of the First World War in Germany, the journalist and theatre critic Kurt Eisner organised a revolution which overthrew the monarchy, and declared a Free State of Bavaria. In February 1919, he was assassinated, and the revolution failed. But while the dream lived, it was the writers, the poets, the playwrights and the intellectuals who led the way.

As well as Eisner, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, and many other prominent figures in German cultural history were involved. In his characteristically lucid, sharp prose, Volker Weidermann presents us with a slice of history - November 1918 to April 1919 - and shows how a small group of people could have altered the course of the twentieth century.

Biografía del autor

Volker Weidermann (Alemania, 1969) es escritor, crítico literario y presentador de televisión. Estudió Ciencias Políticas y Filología Alemana en Heidelberg y en Berlín. Trabajó durante muchos años en el Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung y en la actualidad dirige la sección de cultura de Der Spiegel. Fue profesor en la Universidad Washington en San Luis y ha publicado varios ensayos de gran éxito sobre literatura y cultura alemanas.