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Author | Martin Walser |
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Original title | Ehen in Philippsburg |
Language | German |
Publisher | Suhrkamp Verlag |
Publication date | 1957 |
Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 1960 |
Pages | 419 |
Marriage in Philippsburg (German: Ehen in Philippsburg), also published in English as The Gadarene Club, is the debut novel of the German writer Martin Walser, published in 1957.[1][2]
The young man Hans Beumann leaves the countryside to try his luck in the city of Philippsburg (a fictionalized version of Stuttgart).[1]
Der Spiegel said Walser describes the phrases and power struggles of contemporary careerists "with sincere astonishment, but without reformatory zeal", exhibiting a "fair, albeit resigned disaffection".[3]
The novel was awarded the Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis.[1]
Stephan Kimmig wrote a play based on the novel that premiered at the Schauspiel Stuttgart in 2017.[4]