by Heinrich Mann · Aufbau-Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423002561
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«Der Untertan» is the satirical novel by Heinrich Mann, published by Aufbau-Verlag in paperback (363 pages, in German).
The novel, set in the German Empire, narrates the rise of Diederich Heßling, an opportunistic and cowardly bourgeois who flatters the powerful and humiliates the weak. Heinrich Mann satirizes authoritarianism, nationalism, and the educational system, portraying a society marked by submission to power.
It is the first installment of the Das Kaiserreich series. The novel was originally published in 1918; this edition is from 1982.
For readers interested in political satire, German literature, and the German Empire period.
Luiz Heinrich Mann, best known as simply Heinrich Mann, was a German writer known for his sociopolitical novels. From 1930 until 1933, he was president of the fine poetry division of the Prussian Academy of Arts. His fierce criticism of the growing Fascism and Nazism forced him to flee Germany after the Nazis came to power during 1933. He was the elder brother of writer Thomas Mann.
