by Martin Walser · Suhrkamp · tapa dura · ISBN 9783518410103
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«Ein springender Brunnen» is the novel by Martin Walser, published in 1998 by Suhrkamp in hardcover (413 pages, in German).
The novel follows the childhood and adolescence of Johann Peter in a village by Lake Constance during National Socialism. The protagonist grows up among the voices of the Church, the party and rural life while trying to find his own language; writing becomes his way of understanding himself and confronting personal memory and German history.
Bildungsroman and historical fiction; the action takes place in rural Germany between 1932 and 1945.
For readers of contemporary German literature and novels about historical memory, World War II and National Socialism.
Martin Johannes Walser was a German writer, known especially as a novelist. He began his career as journalist for Süddeutscher Rundfunk, where he wrote and directed audio plays. He was a member of Group 47 from 1953 on.
