Success: Three Years in the Life of a Province

By Lion Feuchtwanger

Book Overview

"Success: Three Years in the Life of a Province" is a sweeping and incisive socio-political masterpiece by Lion Feuchtwanger. Set against the turbulent backdrop of post-World War I Bavaria, the novel provides a panoramic view of a society in flux, captured through the lens of a single judicial scandal. When a museum director is unjustly imprisoned for political reasons, the event ripples through all levels of society-from high-ranking government officials and industrial titans to artists and the growing ranks of political extremists.

Feuchtwanger meticulously deconstructs the mechanisms of power, corruption, and the erosion of justice in the early years of the Weimar Republic. Through a vast cast of characters, the narrative explores the cultural and economic anxieties that fueled the rise of radical movements, offering a prophetic look at the ideologies that would soon reshape the world. More than just a political chronicle, "Success" is a profound study of human nature and the complexities of modern civilization. With its sharp wit and deep historical insight, this novel remains a vital work of 20th-century literature, providing an essential window into the fragile state of democracy during a period of immense social upheaval.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1026019958
• ISBN13: 9781026019955
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Tradd Street Press
• Length: 758 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Insight to the soul of bavaria/germany

History of upper bavaria at the beginning ot the 20th century.F. wrote it in the manner of a journalist of the year 2000 who was trying to get a picture of the events of these time. (written 1930!)If you are interested to know why someone like Hitler was actually elected and finally let to WWII, this book will give you the answer.Written by someone to whom the picture of the well-off jew of the nazi was literally minted, a son of a rich jewish banker-family in Munich, Bavaria, art-coinosseur, privatier and romancier.F. intensly loved germany and his people but Germany of these days tried to get rid of his rich jewish heritage and F. has to leave for good, first to France and as these was growing hostile, too, to California.F. never lost his love to bavaria and if you want to know why, and how the holocaust begun, thats your book.