The Egghead Republic

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The Egghead Republic
Author Arno Schmidt
Original titleDie Gelehrtenrepublik
Translator Michael Horovitz
LanguageGerman
Publisher Stahlberg Verlag  [ de ]
Publication date
1957
Publication placeWest Germany
Published in English
1979
Pages225

The Egghead Republic (German : Die Gelehrtenrepublik), also published as Republica Intelligentsia, [1] is a 1957 novel by the German writer Arno Schmidt.

Contents

Plot

It is the year 2008 and Earth has suffered a devastating nuclear war. The American journalist Charles Henry Winer is sent to report from the Western United States and visits two major locations. In a desert of Arizona, he encounters mutants and experimental hybrid creatures. He has a love affair with a female centaur named Thalia. On a floating island at the Pacific Ocean, he visits the International Republic of Artists and Scientists, where residents tell him about how they preserve and transplant human brains. [2] [3]

Reception

Paul West of The Washington Post wrote that the novel is "sheer, complex fun" and offers "Schmidt as his feistiest, his most ingenious, and his most captivating". [2]

Adaptations

The Swedish film The Egghead Republic was shot in 2023. The film is loosely based on the novel and set in Kazakhstan. [4]

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References

  1. Adler, Jeremy (8 January 1995). "Time, Space and Pocahontas". The New York Times . Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 West, Paul (16 August 1980). "Bawdy Romps with a German Clown Prince". The Washington Post . Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. Adams, Robert M. (5 March 1981). "Devil's Brew" . The New York Review of Books . Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. Ntim, Zac (18 May 2023). "Pella Kågerman And Hugo Lilja's 'Egghead Republic' Casts Tyler Labine, Ella Rae Rappaport & Arvin Kananian; Production Begins In Sweden". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 11 June 2024.

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