Man of Straw

by Heinrich Mann

Man of Straw

by
Heinrich Mann

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101 ratings, 3.68 average rating, 7 reviews (more data...)

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published

December 1994 by Howard Fertig (first published 1982)

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Hardcover

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0865274126 (isbn13: 9780865274129)

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First published in 1918, Man of Straw is a sharp indictment of the Wilhelmine regime and a chilling warning against the joint elevation of militarism …more

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Dec 20, 2009

Bernd rated it:

(review of isbn 3596136407)

Read in October, 1981

Der Klassiker über deb Opportunisten Diederich Heßling. Tucholski sagt über ihn: "Herbarium des deutschen Mannes". Aus dieser autoritätgläubigen servil ausgerichteten Charakterstruktur konnte im Kaiserreich eine erfolgreiche Karriere erwachsen. Ob dies nun typisch deutsch ist oder eine der typischen Charaktere, die sich auch in anderen Kulturen findet, sei dahingestellt. Lesenswert, da bewusstseinschärfend.

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Aug 12, 2009

Dave rated it:

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bookshelves: german-books, pleasure-reads

Read in October, 2008

I read this as part of a course on German history through literature, and it was interesting to see how Germans lived in the late 19th century, as well as alot of the causes of World War I, which isn't taught as well as it ought to be in schools. My one complaint is that it is a long read, and you continually have to think things over since it is not from our era or culture.

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Jan 11, 2009

Svenja rated it:

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bookshelves: deutsch

Totally repulsive because of the main character, the whole setting makes my skin crawl. But it's a very good study of that era.

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Oct 08, 2009

Broadsnark rated it:

(review of isbn 0140181377)

I would have given this book three and a half stars if I could of. It was a bit slow at times. It was written in 1918. It is the profile of a bougie german who managed to justify doing all sorts of horrible things. And it is a profile of Germany before the wars. Its amazing how little has changed. Still plagued with materialism, militarism, classism, religion, sexism, and reverence for authority. Its like only the fashions have changed in a century.

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Jul 13, 2007

David rated it:

(review of isbn 3100478096)

So, one of my guilty secrets is that I like the work of Heinrich Mann far better than that of his more successful, Nobel-winning brother. (OK: I'll make an exception for "Death in Venice", but doesn't it seem that everything else that Thomas Mann ever wrote - Buddenbrooks, Der Zauberberg, the dreadful "Felix Krull" - would have benefited tremendously by having its length cut in half?)

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Sep 07, 2008

Herr_gott rated it:

(review of isbn 3423002565)

Heinrich Mann zeichnet das erschreckende und alles in allem durchweg unsympathische Bild eines perfekten Mitläufers in Gestalt des Diederich Heßling, eines Stereotyps des deutschen Obrigkeitshörigen.

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Oct 08, 2007

Brian rated it:

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Read in October, 2006

To understand the conflicting attitudes which struggled for control of the country before the first and second WWs, and some aspects of German society today, it helps to have read this book.

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