Two-Bit Novel

The Five-Bit Novel is the first great line written by the theater master Brecht after Hitler came to power. Brecht points out the causal link between the arms industry, the financial sector and wars in The Five-Bit Novel, which he wrote after The Threepenny Opera, and questions the social system that encourages poverty, corruption and violence in a satirical manner. Set in 1902, during the Boer War, the concept of innocence turns into an empty signifier as London's politicians, businessmen and thieves unite around the denominator of profit in the vast scale of the novel, which consists of countless intrigues and plots. The similarity of the world depicted in the novel with today's world of property and money reveals the justified reasons for Brecht's classicization. The Two-Bit Novel is an unforgettable line on social manipulation and demagogy.

"Brecht is interested in both the exploited and the exploiters. He examines different historical periods together and places the gangster types in a London that reflects the tempo and appearance of Dickens's time. This is why."
-Walter Benjamin-
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 362

Year of Publication: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 362

First Printing Year: 2011

Language: Turkish