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Raw Material (novel)

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Raw Material
AuthorJörg Fauser
Original titleRohstoff
TranslatorJamie Bulloch
LanguageGerman
Genreautobiographical novel
PublisherUllstein Verlag
Publication date
1984
Publication placeWest Germany
Published in English
2014
Pages218
ISBN3550064780

Raw Material (German: Rohstoff) is a 1984 autobiographical novel by the German writer Jörg Fauser. Set in the 1960s, it follows the author's alter ego Harry Gelb as he lives as a heroin addict in Istanbul, as an alcoholic, menial worker and struggling writer in a Berlin commune, and as a squatter in Frankfurt. Gelb rejects everything he regards as insipid, hierarchical and doctrinaire, whether it is mainstream culture or left-wing revolutionary groups.[1]

Fauser and Raw Material developed a cult following in Germany. The book has been compared to American beat literature and the works of Charles Bukowski. It was published in Jamie Bulloch's English translation in 2014.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cizmecioglu, Aygül (10 August 2018). "Jörg Fauser: 'Raw Material'". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ Griffiths, Niall (26 November 2014). "Jörg Fauser's crazed, leaping, unmoored voyage". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ^ Levitz, David (5 October 2018). "DW book expert David Levitz on 'Raw Material' by Jörg Fauser". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 19 April 2024.