Originally published in 1962, Franz Fuhmann's autobiographical
story cycle "The Jew Car" is a classic of German short fiction and
an unparalleled examination of the psychology of National
Socialism. Each story presents a snapshot of a personal and
historical turning point in the life of the narrator, beginning
with childhood anti-Semitism and moving to a youthful embrace--and
then an ultimate rejection--of Nazi ideology. With scathing irony
and hallucinatory intensity, reflections on the nature of memory,
and the individual experience of history, the cycle acquires the
weight of a novel.
"Fuhmann's work, beginning with "The Jew Car," can be read as a
great literary self-analysis in the spirit of Freud. Through his
work, he not only became conscious of his own thinking as it was
seduced by totalitarianism, he also became capable of describing
the mechanisms of a fascist upbringing with striking poetic power,
transcending all theory." --"Die Welt," on the German edition
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