Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) | Book Review and Analysis

A reflection on Alfred Döblin's novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929). For more on Döblin, check out my video on Mountains Oceans Giants (Berge Meere und Giganten):    • Alfred Döblin's Mountains Oceans Giants (1...   For my thoughts on "the Argentine Ulysses," check out my video on Leopoldo Marechal's Adán Buenosayres:    • Leopoldo Marechal's Adán Buenosayres (1948...   Contents: 00:09 – Long novels: their difficulty and appeal 01:08 – Berlin Alexanderplatz and James Joyce’s Ulysses 02:13 – The main difference between Berlin Alexanderplatz and Ulysses 02:44 – The author: Alfred Döblin 03:47 – A brief overview of the story 04:18 – Theme: the inescapability of the past 04:58 – Approach: an urban novel 05:24 – A novel at once realistic and unrealistic 06:31 – Language as character 07:30 – The novel’s central subject: the loss of ideals 09:10 – The film adaptation 09:42 – Translations into English 10:23 – Further reading (recommendations)