Major Novels by Alfred Döblin

Summary

(With date of first publication and first translation, if any. All novels before 1933 were published by S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin.)

Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun, 1915. Translated by C. D. Godwin as The Three Leaps of Wang-lun, Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1991.

Wadzeks Kampf mit der Dampfturbine (Wadzek's Struggle with the Steam Turbine), 1918.

Wallenstein, 2 volumes, 1920.

Berge Meere und Giganten (Mountains Oceans and Giants), 1924; a simplified version was published as Giganten. Ein Abenteuerbuch (Giants. A Book of Adventures), 1932.

Manas. Epische Dichtung (Manas. Epic Work), 1927.

Berlin Alexanderplatz. Die Geschichte vom Franz Biberkopf, 1929. Translated by Eugene Jolas as Alexanderplatz, Berlin. New York: Viking, 1931.

Babylonische Wandrung (Babylonian Migration). Amsterdam: Querido, 1934.

Pardon wird nicht gegeben. Amsterdam: Querido, 1935. Translated by Trevor Blewitt and Phyllis Blewitt as Men without Mercy. London: Gollancz, 1937; New York: Fertig, 1976.

Amazonas. First Part: Die Fahrt ins Land ohne Tod (The Voyage to the Land without Death). Amsterdam: Querido, 1937.

Amazonas. Second Part: Der blaue Tiger (The Blue Tiger). Amsterdam: Querido, 1938.

November 1918, Eine deutsche Revolution. Erzählwerk. (November 1918. A German Revolution. Narrative Work)

First Part: Bürger und Soldaten 1918 (Citizens and Soldiers, 1918). Amsterdam: Querido, 1939.

Second Part: Verratenes Volk, Munich: Alber, 1948, translated by John E. Woods as A People Betrayed. New York: Fromm International, 1983.

Third Part: Heimkehr der Fronttruppen (Return of the Army from the Front). Munich: Alber, 1949, partially incorporated into the translation of A People Betrayed.