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The Hothouse: A Novel by Koeppen, Wolfgang, 1906; Hofmann, Michael, 1957 Aug. 25 is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The malaise of mid-century Germany and the early stirrings of disgust at the smooth machinations of postwar politics are startlingly fresh and vivid in this tour de force originally published in Germany in 1953 and only now translated into English. Koeppen (1906-1996) has been championed over the years by such luminaries as G?nter Grass, Max Frisch and Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and their faith in this novel and the two that with it make up a loose trilogy (Pigeons on the Grass and Death in Rome) proves to be amply justified. Set over the course of two stormy August days in Bonn in the early 1950s, where the German Parliament is meeting alongside the Rhine, the novel follows the actions and deliberations of a member of the socialist opposition party. Brooding over his young wife's recent death, the once-idealistic Keetenheuve struggles to renew in himself a sense of purpose. He left the country in the 1930s, disgusted by Nazi rule, and returned only after the war. As a result, he observes his colleagues with weary detachment, amazed at their ability to recover from dubious wartime activity "back at the center, eight years previously one had been in Nuremberg, eight years before that

Who reads The Hothouse: A Novel?

Author

Koeppen, Wolfgang, 1906; Hofmann, Michael, 1957 Aug. 25

Publisher

Granta Books

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393323269

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, World Fiction

Rating

3.44 / 5 (81 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14