{"product_id":"the-oppermanns-lion-feuchtwanger-paperback","title":"The Oppermanns -- Lion Feuchtwanger, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A long-forgotten masterpiece published in 1933 . . . A remnant of a world sick with foreboding, incredulity, creeping fear, and--this may feel most familiar to us today--the impossibility of gauging whether a society is really at the breaking point.\" --Gal Beckerman, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in real time, as the Nazis consolidated their power over the winter of 1933, \u003ci\u003eThe Oppermanns\u003c\/i\u003e captures the fall of Weimar Germany through the eyes of one bourgeois Jewish family, shocked and paralyzed by an ideology they cannot comprehend.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the foment of Weimar-era Berlin, the Oppermann pothers represent tradition and stability. One pother oversees the furniture chain founded by their grandfather, one is an eminent surgeon, one a respected critic. They are rich, cultured, liberal, and public spirited, proud inheritors of the German enlightenment. They don't see Hitler as a threat. Then, to their horror, the Nazis come to power, and the Oppermanns and their children are faced with the terrible decision of whether to adapt--if they can--flee, or try to fight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Written in 1933, nearly in real time, \u003ci\u003eThe Oppermanns\u003c\/i\u003e captures the day-to-day vertigo of watching a liberal democracy fall apart. As Joshua Cohen writes in his introduction to this new edition, it is \"one of the last masterpieces of German-Jewish culture.\" Prescient and chilling, it has lost none of its power today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lion Feuchtwanger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.43\" H x 5.04\" L x 1.1\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781946022332\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49534682366256,"sku":"9781946022332","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781946022332_2652e076-20a5-4212-9051-f0613d9948e8.jpg?v=1783083517","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/the-oppermanns-lion-feuchtwanger-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}