We discuss the most neglected of Döblin’s nine epic fictions: the verse epic set in a mythical Himalaya/North India.

How did he come to this unusual format? How was it received? What’s it about? And why does Chris the translator feel so strongly about its neglect?

The Reading presents a gripping dramatic episode on Shiva’s Field of the Dead.

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