About this book
Imaginäre Brücken Studien und Aufsätze by Jakob Wassermann invites listeners into a restless mind wrestling with property, art, and the moral fractures of a postwar world. These literary and philosophical essays—written around 1919–1921—probe what it means to own, to narrate, and to stand as a writer when social certainties collapse.
Wassermann moves from the searing question "What is possession?" through nuanced portraits of the literate life—exploring the dilettante, the psychologist, the tribune, the aesthete, and the apostle—and even examines the woman as writer and the craft of storytelling. Grounded in the upheavals of early 20th-century Europe, the book blends literary criticism, ethical reflection, and cultural history to map the shifting grounds beneath private and public life. His prose is both analytical and evocative, offering philosophical meditation shaped by a novelist’s sensibility.
Ideal for listeners who love essays, literary criticism, and intellectual history, this audiobook will appeal to students of philosophy and literature, fans of early modern thought, and anyone seeking a thoughtful examination of how art and ownership respond to social crisis. Tune in for a measured, thought-provoking journey across the imaginative bridges Wassermann builds between ideas and experience.
