The Lehman Trilogy: A Novel
Tracing three generations of the Lehman family, the novel shows how immigrant enterprise grows into a vast financial empire. It is a sweeping, kinetic story that fuses family history with the history of capitalism.
Work Information
Through one family’s story, it looks across the beginnings and eventual collapse of capitalism.
Les Frères Lehman begins with three brothers who leave Bavaria for New York and follows more than 150 years of transformation from trade to finance. In the form of a family success story, it offers a broad view of American expansion and the logic of financial capitalism.
Book Information
- Publisher
- HarperVia
- Published
- 2020-06-02
- Pages
- 720 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.24 x 4.29 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780062940445
- ISBN-10
- 0062940449
- Price
- 5445 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Drama/Comedy
Basis for the 2022 'Tony Award Best Play' winner Magnificent in scope, internationally lauded, and transcendent, the novel in verse that inspired the sensational West End and Broadway play of the same name. The Lehman Trilogy follows the epic rise and fall of three generations of that infamous family and through them tells the story of American ambition and hubris. After leaving his native Bavaria, Henry Lehman arrives in America determined to make a better life. Sensing opportunity in the Deep South, he opens a textile shop in Alabama, laying the foundation for a dynasty that will come to dominate and define modern capitalism. Emanuel and his brother Mayer begin investing in anything and everything that will turn a profit, from cotton to coal to railroads to oil to airplanes—even at the expense of the very nation that forged them. Spanning three generations and 150 years, The Lehman Trilogy is a moving epic that dares to tell the story of modern capitalism through the saga of the Lehman brothers and their descendants. Surprising and exciting, brilliant and inventive, Stefano Massini’s masterpiece—like Hamilton —is a story of immigration, ambition, and success; it is the story of America itself from a daring and original perspective. Translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon
Stefano Massini (1975) is an internationally renowned novelist, essayist and playwright. His plays, including his celebrated The Lehman Trilogy , have been translated into twenty-four languages and staged by such directors as Luca Ronconi and the Oscar-winning Sam Mendes. Qualcosa sui Lehman has been among the most acclaimed novels published in Italy in recent years and won the Premio Selezione Campiello, the Premio Super Mondello, the Premio De Sica, the Prix Médicis Essai and the Prix Meilleur Livre Étranger. His other works include Dizionario inesistente (2018) and Ladies Football Club (2019).
Reviews
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Livre reçu déchiré et abimé
J’ai réceptionné le livre abîmé sur la couverture
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One of the best plays of this century, so far
I saw the Spanish version in Madrid, with amazing actors and a very imaginative staging. I wanted to read it to get a new picture of its tremendous scope. I am still thrilled!
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Best 21st century play I know
This is a great play going from the first Lehman family member's arrival in the US to the demise of the Lehman bank. It is rare that I see a play, other than Shakespeare, more than once and I have seen this three times as well as buying the book.
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What the!
I thought I was buying a book about the history of the Lehmans. What a got was a translation of Jewish verse. What a rip-off.
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Great book & story
Great book. The story is fascinating and especially the writing style is really fun.
Related Literary Awards
- Prix Médicis Edition 34 (2018) ・Winner