by Siegfried Lenz · Hoffmann und Campe · tapa dura · ISBN 9783455042528
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«Die Auflehnung» is the novel by Siegfried Lenz, published by Hoffmann und Campe in hardcover (431 pages, in German).
Set on the north coast of Germany, it follows two brothers, Frank and Willy Wittmann: Frank, a fish farmer whose life is endangered by rivals who have the law on their side; Willy, a prestigious tea taster who loses his sensory acuity and investigates its causes. Lenz reflects on resistance, resignation and the search for meaning.
Subtitled «Roman», it belongs to contemporary German narrative and was published as a first edition in Hamburg in 1994.
Siegfried Lenz was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. He won the 2010 International Nonino Prize in Italy.
