《巴比伦怪物》内容简介
“生于战败,活于纷乱,死于灾祸。”
一部精彩纷呈的罪案集,一部德国民主实验的社会史
1918—1933年,魏玛共和国
罪恶渊薮的巴比伦
光怪陆离的社会,猖獗迭出的犯罪,疯狂放荡的生活
著名译者、学者陆大鹏,聚焦一手罪案材料,原创非虚构最新著作
孟钟捷、杨斌、许知远、郭建龙、张明扬、张向荣等鼎力推荐
德国的魏玛共和时期,始于德意志帝国在第一次世界大战中战败、霍亨索伦王崩溃,终结于希特勒上台。短短十数年间,魏玛德国虽然“富有思想、希望与可能性”,却也见证了纸醉金迷、通货膨胀、经济危机、外辱内乱、种族冲突、暴力革命和纳粹崛起。在这样一个动不动就发生街头斗殴、从极左到极右各种势力犬牙交错的高度政治化的社会里,“普通的生活”还在继续吗?
警方又如何应对?
《巴比伦柽物:魏玛共和国犯罪鉴证实录》遵从“历史+犯罪纪实”的原则,梳理了魏玛德国的刑事犯罪史、刑警史和有组织犯罪史,以胖子神探甘纳特惊心动魄的职业生涯为暗线,将奇诡恐怖的案情探寻,德国警察体系和刑侦技术之演进、动荡颠沛的社会变革融于一体,遍览两次世界大战之间德国的众生相,抽丝剥茧诡谲幽暗的人性。
作者简介
陆大鹏,世界史研究者,英语、德语译者。著有《德意志贵族》(2023年文景历史写作奖十强作品)。译有《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》《金雀花王朝》等。获誉:《北京青年报》2015年度译者;《经济观察书评》2015年度译者;单向街书店文学奖2016年度文学翻译奖;《新周刊》2018年新锐榜年度知道分子。
A brief introduction to the Monsters of Babylon
"Born in defeat, live in chaos, die in disaster."
A brilliant crime collection and a social history of Germany's democratic experiment
1918-1933, Weimar Republic
Babylon of sin
Bizarre society, rampant crime, wild debauchery
Renowned translator and scholar Lu Dapeng focuses on first-hand crime materials and original non-fiction works
Meng Zhongjie, Yang Bin, Xu Zhiyuan, Guo Jianlong, Zhang Mingyang, Zhang Xiangrong and other recommended
The Weimar Republic period in Germany began with the defeat of the German Empire in World War I, the collapse of King Hohenzollern, and ended with Hitler's rise to power. In just a few decades, Weimar Germany, while "rich in ideas, hopes and possibilities," had also witnessed extravagance, inflation, economic crisis, foreign humiliation and internal strife, ethnic conflict, violent revolution and the rise of Nazism. Is "ordinary life" going on in a highly politicised society where street fights break out and forces from the far left to the far right clash?
How did the police respond?
Babylon Tamarix: Following the principle of "history + crime documentary", the Weimar Republic Crime Forensic Record combs the history of criminal crime, criminal police history and organized crime history of Weimar Germany, takes the thrilling career of fat detective Ganert as the dark line, and integrates the strange and terrifying cases, the evolution of the German police system and criminal investigation technology, and the turbulent social changes. Take a look at the people of Germany between the two world Wars, and the mysterious and dark human nature.
About the author
Lu Dapeng is a researcher of world history and translator of English and German. He is the author of "German Aristocrats" (2023 Wenjing History Writing Prize Top Ten works). He has translated "Lawrence of Arabia", "Plantagenet" and so on. Awarded: 2015 Translator of Beijing Youth Daily; 2015 Translator of Economic Observation Review; One Way Street Bookstore Literary Award 2016 Literary Translation Award; "New Weekly" 2018 New list of the most famous person of the year.