Der Mensch ist gut by Leonhard Frank

"Der Mensch ist gut" by Leonhard Frank is a collection of five stories published in 1918. The work advocates radical pacifism through stark portrayals of World War I's cruelties. Each story follows different characters—a waiter, a war widow, a mother, lovers, and a military doctor—whose lives are shattered by war. Frank depicts authoritarian, capitalist societies as the root cause of conflict. The narratives converge as all protagonists join a unified peace protest, culminating in revolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Frank, Leonhard, 1882-1961
Title Der Mensch ist gut
Note Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Mensch_ist_gut
Credits Produced by Jens Sadowski
Reading Level Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language German
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 35176
Release Date
Last Update Jan 9, 2014
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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