Journey through America

Reisebericht

This volume by one of the best known German authors of the postwar period, is one of observation, analysis, and writing, and is based on his 1958 trip to the United States. Here the author presents a portrait of the United States in the late 1950s: its major cities, its literary culture, its troubled race relations, its multi-culturalism and its vast loneliness, a motif drawn, in part, from Kafka's Amerika. A modernist travelogue, the text employs symbol, myth, and image, as if the author sought to answer de Tocqueville's questions in the manner of Joyce and Kafka. It is also a meditation on America, intended for a German audience and mindful of the destiny of postwar Europe under many Americanizing influences.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Amerikafahrt
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9780857452313 ; 0857452312
• Dimensions: 24 cm
• Extent: xii, 159 Seiten
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Lizenz des Verl. Goverts im Verlag Suhrkamp, Berlin

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Transatlantic perspectives ; volume 1

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): New York, Oxford
• (who): Berghahn Books
• (when): 2012
• Creator: Koeppen, Wolfgang
• Contributor: Kimmage, Michael

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/103579991X/04
• Rights: Bei diesem Objekt liegt nur das Inhaltsverzeichnis digital vor. Der Zugriff darauf ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 11.06.2025, 2:08 PM CEST