| The Merowingians | |
| Author: | Heimito von Doderer |
| Title Orig: | Die Merowinger |
| Orig Lang Code: | de |
| Translator: | Vinal Binner |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Pub Date: | 1962 |
| English Pub Date: | 1996 |
| Pages: | 368 |
The Merowingians or The Total Family (German: Die Merowinger oder Die totale Familie) is a 1962 novel by the Austrian writer Heimito von Doderer. It interweaves a contemporary family with the medieval Merovingian dynasty and is about a man who tries to create "the total family" by marrying his step-family members.[1] [2] [3] In 2018, Die Welt described the novel as "by far the funniest and strangest in the oeuvre of this highly funny and most strange author".[4]
The book was adapted into the 1981 film .[5]