Mephisto: Roman einer Karriere
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Mephisto – Novel of a Career is the sixth novel by German author Klaus Mann.
The novel adapts themes from the Faust legend to follow the life of actor Hendrik Höfgen, a thinly disguised portrait of German actor Gustaf Gründgens. The actor abandons his conscience to ingratiate himself with the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis), keep his job and improve his social positions.
Mephisto was first published in 1936 by an Exilliteratur firm based in Amsterdam, while the author was in self-imposed exile from the Hitler regime. It was published for the first time in Germany in the East Berlin Aufbau-Verlag in 1956.
The novel was adapted into an award-winning film of the same title, released in 1981.
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First published in 1936 in Amsterdam
First published in Germany in 1956.Last modified: 2022-02-19 (revision #83811)
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| Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mephisto: Roman einer Karriere | Paperback | 3-499-14821-8 | 1988-12 |
| Mephisto: Roman einer Karriere (1998 special edition) | Paperback | 3-499-22512-3 | 1998-09 |
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