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The Egghead Republic
1957 novel by Arno Schmidt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Egghead Republic (German: Die Gelehrtenrepublik), also published as Republica Intelligentsia,[1] is a 1957 novel by the German writer Arno Schmidt.
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Plot
It is the year 2008 and Earth has suffered a devastating nuclear war. The American journalist Charles Henry Winer is sent to report from the Western United States and visits two major locations. In a desert of Arizona, he encounters mutants and experimental hybrid creatures. He has a love affair with a female centaur named Thalia. On a floating island at the Pacific Ocean, he visits the International Republic of Artists and Scientists, where residents tell him about how they preserve and transplant human brains.[2][3]
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Reception
Paul West of The Washington Post wrote that the novel is "sheer, complex fun" and offers "Schmidt as his feistiest, his most ingenious, and his most captivating".[2]
Adaptations
The Swedish film The Egghead Republic was shot in 2023. The film is loosely based on the novel and set in Kazakhstan.[4]
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