New novel about Adolf Hitler, called Er Ist Wieder Da (He’s Back) authored by Timur Vermes became the bestseller in Germany, replacing Winter Of The World
by Ken Follet. Er Ist Wieder Da is the novel that makes use of the
proactive approach with a tinge of comedy and satire. The book was
released in September 2012.
The book has a different plot in
which Hitler, instead of dying by the end of Second World War, goes to
sleep in 1945 and wakes up in modern Berlin in 2011. The novel with a
different approach climbed up to the Germany’s bestseller list with over
250000 copies sold. 75000 audio books have also been sold.
The
German press plans to publish the book in English as well. There have
been mix reviews about the book, where some literary critics applauded
the book, while some called it a marketing machine in the name of Hitler
to earn money.
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