Berlin's harsh reality and Alfred Döblin’s utopian hope for a cure

“Writers are not self-generating…. I come from Döblin.” — Gunter Grass.

Jella Haase (as Mieze) and Welket Bungué (as Francis/Franz B.) in an innovative “Berlin Alexanderplatz” (2020) by director Burhan Qurbani.

BERLIN, 17. June, 2024 — Alfred Döblin had little tolerance …