Used book – The Subject!, Heirich Mann

Germany, before 1914. Didier Hessling, a subservient, ambitious, anti-Semitic citizen, swears by Emperor Wilhelm II. A factory director, he despises his workers. However, this perfect zealot of the Emperor will stop at no ignominy, no compromise, with notables and soldiers, to harm his competitors. A neurotic speculator, this puppet is above all married to money. This tragicomic fresco paints a damning, prophetic picture: with such subjects, idolatrous and mystical Germany is preparing for the worst... Heinrich Mann, brother of the great Thomas, writes with a sneer, as a provocateur and passionate polemicist. The Subject places him in the pantheon of 20th-century literature.