Includes all of Doblin's first book, The Murder of a Buttercup, for an unparalleled literary debut in English
Features two longer stories from the 1940s, offering insight into his exile and later works
translated by renowned translator Damion Searls, ensuring fidelity to the original German
Anthologized stories highlight Doblin's unique blend of absurdity, sexuality, and philosophical depth
Explores themes central to modernist German literature, appealing to readers of contemporary and classic fiction
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Alfred Döblin’s many imposing novels, above all Berlin Alexanderplatz, have established him as one of the titans of modern German literature. This collection of his stories —astonishingly, the first ever to appear in English—shows him to have been a master of short fiction too. Bright Magic includes all of Döblin’s first book, The Murder
