Speculations About Jakob (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Uwe Johnson
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Mid-1950’s
- Setting: East Germany
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Historical fiction, Political fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Communism or communists, Politics, Detectives, Trains, Espionage or spies, Germany or German people, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Locales: East Germany
Characters Discussed
Jakob Abs (YAH-kohp ahps), a calm and competent young man who seems to be at ease with himself. His demeanor shows a casualness that is genuine. He is respected by his coworkers. He also believes in socialism, which is the reason for the communist government’s interest in him; Rohlfs considers Jakob to represent the ideal of a worker in a socialist state. Although he has a kind of working relationship with Rohlfs, he is very much his own man, caught between two countries where he is not allowed to be himself. When he went to Jerichow at the end of World...
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