Raw Material (novel)
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Author | Jörg Fauser |
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Original title | Rohstoff |
Translator | Jamie Bulloch |
Language | German |
Genre | autobiographical novel |
Publisher | Ullstein Verlag |
Publication date | 1984 |
Publication place | West Germany |
Published in English | 2014 |
Pages | 218 |
ISBN | 3550064780 |
Raw Material (German: Rohstoff) is a 1984 autobiographical novel by the German writer Jörg Fauser. Set in the 1960s, it follows the author's alter ego Harry Gelb as he lives as a heroin addict in Istanbul, as an alcoholic, menial worker and struggling writer in a Berlin commune, and as a squatter in Frankfurt. Gelb rejects everything he regards as insipid, hierarchical and doctrinaire, whether it is mainstream culture or left-wing revolutionary groups.[1]
Fauser and Raw Material developed a cult following in Germany. The book has been compared to American beat literature and the works of Charles Bukowski. It was published in Jamie Bulloch's English translation in 2014.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ a b Cizmecioglu, Aygül (10 August 2018). "Jörg Fauser: 'Raw Material'". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Griffiths, Niall (26 November 2014). "Jörg Fauser's crazed, leaping, unmoored voyage". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Levitz, David (5 October 2018). "DW book expert David Levitz on 'Raw Material' by Jörg Fauser". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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