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Mephisto. A story of an artist's career. A novel by Klaus Mann. Bríet Héðinsdóttir Icelandicized and wrote the afterword.
The novel Mephisto, which tells the story of an artist's career in a totalitarian state, has its own peculiar history. It was first published in 1936 in the Netherlands, but was automatically banned in the author's home country, Germany, where it did not appear until 20 years later, and then in East Germany.
The story is one of the most important literary works of the German diaspora during the rise of the Nazis. Klaus Mann describes here how assimilation and subjugation paved the way for the tyranny of fascism.
A West German publisher planned to publish the story in 1963, but the publication was halted. This marked the beginning of the most famous book litigation in post-war Germany. When it was finally published in West Germany in 1981, it immediately attracted widespread attention and has since sold millions of copies and been translated into thirty languages.
The translator, Bríet Héðinsdóttir, provides an account of the author and the book in a detailed afterword.
The novel Mephisto, which tells the story of an artist's career in a totalitarian state, has its own peculiar history. It was first published in 1936 in the Netherlands, but was automatically banned in the author's home country, Germany, where it did not appear until 20 years later, and then in East Germany.
The story is one of the most important literary works of the German diaspora during the rise of the Nazis. Klaus Mann describes here how assimilation and subjugation paved the way for the tyranny of fascism.
A West German publisher planned to publish the story in 1963, but the publication was halted. This marked the beginning of the most famous book litigation in post-war Germany. When it was finally published in West Germany in 1981, it immediately attracted widespread attention and has since sold millions of copies and been translated into thirty languages.
The translator, Bríet Héðinsdóttir, provides an account of the author and the book in a detailed afterword.