Alexander is a stunning work of historical reimagining from a troubled and unjestly neglected writer. Written in 1929 by the son of Thomas Mann, Alexander shows why Klaus Mann is regarded in Germany as one of the foremost writers of the twentieth century.

In this second installment of his autobiography (following Kind dieser Zeit), Klaus Mann describes his childhood in the family of Thomas Mann and his circle, his adolescence in the Weimar Republic, and his experiences as a young homosexual and early opponent of Nazism. He also describes how, after the Reichstag elections of September 1930, friends and family began to discuss the looming prospect of emigration and exile. When Stefan Zweig published an article claiming that democrac...

A Groundbreaking Literary Classic of LGBTQ Literature by Klaus Mann, First Published in Germany in 1926. Set in the Gay Underground of Berlin and Paris's Nightclub Scenes, the Novel Features the First Unapologetic Transgender Character in 20th-Century Literature.The Pious Dance (Der fromme Tanz), Klaus Mann's first novel, published when he was just twenty years old, stands as a groundbreaking work of early modernist German literature and a significant mile...

»Die Idee der Nation gehörte niemals zu meinen Rauschmitteln, und so apokalyptisch ich auch träumen mochte, von den Material-Schlachten träumte ich nie – wußte ich doch, daß politisch nur immer auf der Linken mein Platz sein würde. Die Erkenntnis vom Primat der vitalen Werte über die rationalen berauschte mich; aber doch nie so weit, daß ich mir eines Tages eingebildet hätte, der soziale Fortschritt sei eine Bagatelle und nur im Kriegstaumel seien überrationale Abenteuer zu holen.«U...

Klaus Manns autobiographische Schriften: "Kind dieser Zeit" und "Der Wendepunkt".Außerdem enthält der Band zahlreiche Briefe Klaus Manns an seine Familie und an mehr oder weniger befreundete namhafte Schrifsteller.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Groundbreaking Literary Classic of LGBTQ Literature by Klaus Mann, First Published in Germany in 1926. Set in the Gay Underground of Berlin and Paris's Nightclub Scenes, the Novel Features the First Unapologetic Transgender Character in 20th-Century Literature.The Pious Dance (Der fromme Tanz), Klaus Mann's first novel published when he was just twenty years old, stands as a groundbreaking work of ear...