"Effingers" by Gabriele Tergit is a novel well worth your time if you enjoy family sagas, have any interest in Germany between Bismarck and Hitler, or want to immerse yourself in the diverse lives of the German Jewish bourgeoisie prior to their uprooting and destruction.

"Effingers" is also a Berlin novel, one that provides a quite different picture of the city than that displayed in "Berlin Alexanderplatz". That contrast stems from the differing class settings of the two novels.

Towards the end of the novel, Zionism as an ideology and settlement in Mandatory Palestine as possible option emerge as themes . Those looking for straightforward prefiguring of their own beliefs on these matters will be disappointed, but those seeking a novel's sensitive treatment of the uncertainties, hopes, and fears of individuals and families under pressure will be rewarded.

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Ich bin immer noch ganz beseelt von diesem Buch und habe aufgeschrieben, warum das so ist. #Effingers #Blogpost

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