| Der tote Preuße | |
| Author: | Ernst von Salomon |
| Country: | West Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Publisher: | Langen Müller Verlag |
| Pub Date: | 1973 |
| Pages: | 573 |
| Isbn: | 9783784415376 |
Der tote Preuße ("the dead Prussian") is an unfinished novel by the German writer Ernst von Salomon, published posthumously in 1973. It has the subtitle Roman einer Staatsidee ("novel of a state idea"). The novel was supposed to be in three volumes and explain the concept of Prussia through an epic narrative. Salomon described the project as his "chief work"; however, he only wrote the first volume, which does not go beyond medieval times, and it was published in its unedited manuscript form.[1] The book has a preface by Hans Lipinsky-Gottersdorf.[2]
Der Spiegel described the published material as the "ruins" of the conceived novel, and the content as a "history primer, in which lexicon, historical booklet and rough woodcut verdicts à la Werner Beumelburg amalgamate with double entendres ... and traces of old narrative art".[3]