Everyday Existence in Anna Seghers’ Novels

Matthew Teutsch
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Anna Seghers, 1951|© Fritz Eschen/ullstein bild via Getty Images

In preparation for my Black Expatriate Writers in France class last spring, I read Nicolas Hewitt’s Wicked City: The Many Cultures of Marseille and came across a reference to Anna Seghers’ novel Transit. Hewitt’s book deals with Marseille’s history during the nineteenth century to the present, not spending much time on specific literary works; however, he does provide a few pages Seghers’ novel in relation to…

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Matthew Teutsch

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