The Merowingians (novel)

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The Merowingians
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Author Heimito von Doderer
Original titleDie Merowinger
TranslatorVinal Binner
LanguageGerman
Publisher Biederstein Verlag  [ de ]
Publication date
1962
Publication placeGermany
Published in English
1996
Pages368

The Merowingians or The Total Family (German : Die Merowinger oder Die totale Familie) is a 1962 novel by the Austrian writer Heimito von Doderer. It interweaves a contemporary family with the medieval Merovingian dynasty and is about a man who tries to create "the total family" by marrying his step-family members. [1] [2] [3] In 2018, Die Welt described the novel as "by far the funniest and strangest in the oeuvre of this highly funny and most strange author". [4]

Contents

The book was adapted into the 1981 film Die totale Familie  [ de ]. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Packt ihn und zwackt ihn". Der Spiegel (in German). 29 January 1963. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Die Merowinger oder Die totale Familie" (in German). ORF. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Docherty, Vincent John (1984). The reception of Heimito von Doderer as exemplified by the critics' response to Ein Mord den jeder Bericht and Die Merowinger (PhD). University of Glasgow . Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Scheck, Denis (28 February 2018). "Heimito von Doderer: „Die Merowinger"". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Die totale Familie". Filmarchiv Austria . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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