The three leaps of Wang Lun

Alfred Döblin

Original title: Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun

earliest edition we have, 1960 Dtv, 1989 paperback

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"In 1915, fourteen years before Berlin Alexanderplatz, Alfred Doblin published his first novel, an amazing, extensively researched Chinese historical extravaganza: The Three Leaps of Wang Lun. Even more remarkably, given its subject matter, the book was written in expressionist style and is now considered the first modern German novel, as well as the first Western novel to depict a China untouched by the West. Based...

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This book in English

C. D. Godwin 1 printing we hold · 2015 · New York Review Books

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Editions we hold

Die Drei Sprünge des Wang-Lun edition · 2018 · Forgotten Books · 512 pages · 9780282050146
Three Leaps of Wang Lun edition · 2015 · New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The · 9781322606439
The three leaps of Wang Lun edition · 2015 · New York Review Books · 490 pages · 9789629965648
Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun hardcover · 2008 · FISCHER, S. · 9783100155115
Die drei Sprünge des Wang-Lun edition · 2007 · Walter · 671 pages · 9783530167177
The three leaps of Wang Lun edition · 1991 · Chinese University Press · 419 pages
Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun. Chinesischer Roman. ( Werkausgabe in Einzelbänden). paperback · 1989 · Dtv · 9783423024235
Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun edition · 1977 · Walter · 502 pages
Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun. Chinesischer Roman. hardcover · 1960 · Walter Vlg., Düsseld. · 502 pages · 9783530166019

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