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The Hothouse
A Historical Fiction Novel by Wolfgang Koeppen
Subgenres:
- Postwar Germany,
- Political Fiction,
- Existential Fiction
This book is for you if you're into...
- Modernist novels with volcanic, experimental prose
- Internal monologues that spiral through political disillusionment
- Postwar Germany settings with a focus on moral crisis
On the anniversary of Wolfgang Koeppen’s 120th year, the two remaining works in his postwar trilogy in Michael Hofmann’s spectacular translation.
The Hothouse traces the tragic final two days in the life of a minor German politician, Keetenheuve, a man disillusioned by the corruption of his country after World War II. Following his self-imposed exile during the war, Keetenheuve returns to the hothouse: the city of Bonn, the capital of that new postwar capitalist nation, West Germany. Until this point he has led a life guided by principle and political optimism. Here, in spellbinding internal monologue and jarring montage, he meets his end.
The Hothouse is an existential masterpiece and a portrait of a moral man crushed by an immoral world.
Bitterly controversial at home, a cult writer abroad, Koeppen (1906–1996) brought a volcanic modernist style to German literature that remains unparalleled to this day. His uniquely radical voice and breathtaking prose is rendered magnificently by Michael Hofmann.
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