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Destiny's Journey

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Destiny's Journey
Cover of the first edition
AuthorAlfred Döblin
Original titleSchicksalsreise
TranslatorEdna McCown
LanguageGerman
GenreAutobiography
PublisherJosef Knecht
Publication date
1949
Publication placeGermany
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)

Destiny's Journey (Schicksalsreise) is a 1949 autobiography by German author Alfred Döblin. In this book Döblin gives an account of his experiences of exile and war between 1940 and 1948. Beginning with his flight from Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion, Destiny's Journey chronicles his escape from Europe through Spain and Portugal, his years in Los Angeles, his conversion to Catholicism during the war, and his return to Germany in 1945 after twelve years of exile. Despite Döblin's hopes for the book's broad reception and impact, fewer than 2,000 copies were sold in the first two years after publication.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Schoeller 2011, pp. 727–728

References

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  • Schoeller, Wilfried F. (2011). Alfred Döblin: Eine Biographie (in German). Munich: Carl Hanser. ISBN 978-3-446-23769-8.
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