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This novel takes place in the thrilling years of the Weimar Republic in Germany, a time when the first modern queer movements and feminist movements were converging with radical political movements of various stripes--from monarchism and fascism to socialism, communism, and anarchism. This story centers round two lovers, a working class young man named Theodor Priser who at first espouses Communism as a way to fight against the reaction of his times, and Katharina Von Rosen, a rich, beautiful flapper girl who answers with Anarchy, and embraces sexual freedom as essential to any social and political liberation. Katharina, who comes to have the nickname "Katya," leads Theodor (whom she names "Theo") through his inhibitions to embrace anarchy, with all its sexual and spiritual freedom, and the two go on to form a nucleus of radicalism amongst their friends and comrades in the turbulent world of Weimar Berlin. They suffer many trials and tribulations over the years between 1922 and 1933, but come together at the end to deal a blow to the rising Nazi regime of Germany, one which erased and buried the glory of Weimar--though not for all time. In this novel, all the perverse and darkly celebratory beauty of the Lost Generation comes through, and a story is told that gives light to all that has been forgotten--the daring, the freedom, the craziness of the years between the First World War and the rise of Fascism in what was the most liberated city in all the world at that time--Weimar Berlin.
About the Author
Sid Prise is a writer and activist born in 1972 in Chicago. Sid was diagnosed with Undifferentiated Schizophrenia in 1997, following a prolonged mental and emotional crisis culminating in hearing voices, which he deals with to this day. He has been writing seriously since 1994, and published his first novel, True Faith, in 2003. More of his writings are published online at www.smallaxebooks.com. He resides with his partner, Kathy, and their friends in a collective house in Chicago.
It Will Not Last The Night edition by Sid Prise Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
Spanning a little more than a decade in the life of Theodor Priser, a working-class Communist, "It Will Not Last the Night" draws the reader into, out of, and back to pierce the epicenter of Weimar Era Berlin. With heart and true faith, Theodor and loving companions Katya (a self-proclaimed nymphomaniac and anarchist, the black sheep of a wealthy Jewish family) and Guaril (an exotic, Gypsy-blooded wanderer who passionately envisions a Day of Reckoning for White Europe) make a journey that shows the best and worst of which people are capable. The reader is plunged into an old Berlin few today may recognize--a surprising seat of queer politics, amazing decadence, arenas of battling ideologies, class struggle and hope for something better.Whether as a reader I agreed with the perspectives characters championed in a given scene became less relevant, than the evolution and exploration these characters underwent to overcome travails of conscience, lust for experience and conflicts of disillusionment. Indeed, I found an ensemble, a wholeness of Everyman figures with whom I shared many more emotions than I thought I could label. These Everymen defined and redefined themselves over the course of the novel and provided me many catalyzing moments in which I found myself examining my own awareness of a variety of elemental themes of human nature.
Amid the world the author recreates with a historian's precision, the reader may find themself confronted by such themes as social conscience, the nature of family, the dignity of risk, will to individuality, and identity in the shadow of Tradition. Choice-making in this story is often raw; it is as unkind and as true as a bath of sunlight on the morning of a wicked hangover.
Speaking plainly, I learned a great deal about the historical Europe presented in this novel. Even small details like names of revolutionary thinkers/actors of the period, or the description of Berlin as it would appear eight decades ago, added to the enrichment of my reading experience. This story involved itself in me, and compelled me to intertwine with it as I unearthed layer after layer of story, and substory.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in history, identity (queer and otherwise), revolution (of self and the larger world) or the psychology behind each of these things and more. This tale is dark, but splendidly illuminating; there is woe, dread and tragedy; even as faith in conventional assumptions are tested each chapter, belief in who we *are* is the ultimate commandment of "It Will Not Last The Night." There are treasures to unearth, however, they are as ephemeral as they are eternal, so take care with them as you dig, Good Reader.
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It Will Not Last The Night edition by Sid Prise Health Fitness Dieting eBooks Reviews
Spanning a little more than a decade in the life of Theodor Priser, a working-class Communist, "It Will Not Last the Night" draws the reader into, out of, and back to pierce the epicenter of Weimar Era Berlin. With heart and true faith, Theodor and loving companions Katya (a self-proclaimed nymphomaniac and anarchist, the black sheep of a wealthy Jewish family) and Guaril (an exotic, Gypsy-blooded wanderer who passionately envisions a Day of Reckoning for White Europe) make a journey that shows the best and worst of which people are capable. The reader is plunged into an old Berlin few today may recognize--a surprising seat of queer politics, amazing decadence, arenas of battling ideologies, class struggle and hope for something better.
Whether as a reader I agreed with the perspectives characters championed in a given scene became less relevant, than the evolution and exploration these characters underwent to overcome travails of conscience, lust for experience and conflicts of disillusionment. Indeed, I found an ensemble, a wholeness of Everyman figures with whom I shared many more emotions than I thought I could label. These Everymen defined and redefined themselves over the course of the novel and provided me many catalyzing moments in which I found myself examining my own awareness of a variety of elemental themes of human nature.
Amid the world the author recreates with a historian's precision, the reader may find themself confronted by such themes as social conscience, the nature of family, the dignity of risk, will to individuality, and identity in the shadow of Tradition. Choice-making in this story is often raw; it is as unkind and as true as a bath of sunlight on the morning of a wicked hangover.
Speaking plainly, I learned a great deal about the historical Europe presented in this novel. Even small details like names of revolutionary thinkers/actors of the period, or the description of Berlin as it would appear eight decades ago, added to the enrichment of my reading experience. This story involved itself in me, and compelled me to intertwine with it as I unearthed layer after layer of story, and substory.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in history, identity (queer and otherwise), revolution (of self and the larger world) or the psychology behind each of these things and more. This tale is dark, but splendidly illuminating; there is woe, dread and tragedy; even as faith in conventional assumptions are tested each chapter, belief in who we *are* is the ultimate commandment of "It Will Not Last The Night." There are treasures to unearth, however, they are as ephemeral as they are eternal, so take care with them as you dig, Good Reader.
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