Between Nine and Nine - Modern Classics Series 151

Between Nine and Nine, published in 1918, tells the story of Stanislaus Demba, an immigrant university student in Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century, trying to find his identity. At the beginning of the century, in the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire, the belief in the freedom of the individual, development and progress in contrast to the dominant and authoritarian Habsburg identity; It is a period when a humanist understanding of morality gradually began to gain supporters. Demba, who makes a living by giving private lessons, tries to find money to dissuade his girlfriend from going to Italy with another man. The novel tells the story of a day when he was desperately running around the city for this purpose. On the other hand, he is running away from the police, who narrowly escaped being caught when he was about to sell a valuable book he had previously stolen from the university library. Perutz satirizes life in the Vienna of the period, with its petty bourgeoisie, upper classes, scientists, intellectuals, gamblers and genteel thieves. It refers to the impact of elements such as misogyny, antisemitism and xenophobia on the identity and free will of the individual in this complex social environment.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 200

Size: 12.5 x 20.5

First Printing Year: 2020

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language: Turkish