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A Small Circus
1931 novels by Hans Fallada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Small Circus (German: Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben, lit. 'Farmers, Bigwigs and Bombs') is a 1931 novel by the German writer Hans Fallada.
Plot
The novel depicts tensions in a German small town in the summer of 1929. It covers opportunistic local journalism, farmers plotting violence, street fighting between communists and nationalists, and a corrupt mayor. It was partially inspired by Fallada's experience as a newspaper journalist and the history of the Rural People's Movement.[1][2]
Reception
The novel was Fallada's first serious critical success. Those who praised it upon the original publication included Hermann Hesse, Robert Musil and Joseph Goebbels. In 2012, Ben Hutchinson of The Guardian wrote that it "vividly depicts the provincial politics and internecine squabbling of the Weimar republic", making it a more representative example of Fallada's works than Every Man Dies Alone (1947), which later became his internationally most famous novel.[3]
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Adaptation
The novel was the basis for the television serial Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben, broadcast in five episodes on ARD in 1973.[4]
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