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'''''The Merowingians or The Total Family''''' ({{lang-de|Die Merowinger oder Die totale Familie}}) is a 1962 novel by the Austrian writer [[Heimito von Doderer]]. It interweaves a contemporary family with the medieval [[Merovingian dynasty]] and is about a man who tries to create "the total family" by marrying his step-family members.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=29 January 1963 |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/packt-ihn-und-zwackt-ihn-a-5fa823f4-0002-0001-0000-000045142185 |title=Packt ihn und zwackt ihn |newspaper=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de |access-date=11 July 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=8 April 2018 |url=https://oe1.orf.at/artikel/204383/Die-Merowinger-oder-Die-totale-Familie |title=Die Merowinger oder Die totale Familie |publisher=[[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] |language=de |access-date=11 July 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last=Docherty |first=Vincent John |year=1984 |url=https://theses.gla.ac.uk/5324/ |title=The reception of Heimito von Doderer as exemplified by the critics' response to Ein Mord den jeder Bericht and Die Merowinger |type=PhD |publisher=[[University of Glasgow]] |access-date=3 April 2024 }}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Die Welt]]'' described the novel as "by far the funniest and strangest in the oeuvre of this highly funny and most strange author".<ref>{{cite news |last=Scheck |first=Denis |date=28 February 2018 |url=https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_literatur/article173914082/Schecks-Kanon-Heimito-von-Doderer-Die-Merowinger.html |title=Heimito von Doderer: „Die Merowinger“ |newspaper=[[Die Welt]] |language=de |access-date=11 July 2024 }}</ref>
'''''The Merowingians or The Total Family''''' ({{langx|de|Die Merowinger oder Die totale Familie}}) is a 1962 novel by the Austrian writer [[Heimito von Doderer]]. It interweaves a contemporary family with the medieval [[Merovingian dynasty]] and is about a man who tries to create "the total family" by marrying his step-family members.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=29 January 1963 |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/packt-ihn-und-zwackt-ihn-a-5fa823f4-0002-0001-0000-000045142185 |title=Packt ihn und zwackt ihn |newspaper=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de |access-date=11 July 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=8 April 2018 |url=https://oe1.orf.at/artikel/204383/Die-Merowinger-oder-Die-totale-Familie |title=Die Merowinger oder Die totale Familie |publisher=[[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] |language=de |access-date=11 July 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last=Docherty |first=Vincent John |year=1984 |url=https://theses.gla.ac.uk/5324/ |title=The reception of Heimito von Doderer as exemplified by the critics' response to Ein Mord den jeder Bericht and Die Merowinger |type=PhD |publisher=[[University of Glasgow]] |access-date=3 April 2024 }}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Die Welt]]'' described the novel as "by far the funniest and strangest in the oeuvre of this highly funny and most strange author".<ref>{{cite news |last=Scheck |first=Denis |date=28 February 2018 |url=https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_literatur/article173914082/Schecks-Kanon-Heimito-von-Doderer-Die-Merowinger.html |title=Heimito von Doderer: „Die Merowinger“ |newspaper=[[Die Welt]] |language=de |access-date=11 July 2024 }}</ref>


The book was adapted into the 1981 film ''{{ill|Die totale Familie|de}}''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmarchiv.at/en/program/film/die-totale-familie/ |title=Die totale Familie |publisher=[[Filmarchiv Austria]] |access-date=11 July 2024 }}</ref>
The book was adapted into the 1981 film ''{{ill|Die totale Familie|de}}''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmarchiv.at/en/program/film/die-totale-familie/ |title=Die totale Familie |publisher=[[Filmarchiv Austria]] |access-date=11 July 2024 }}</ref>

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The Merowingians
AuthorHeimito von Doderer
Original titleDie Merowinger
TranslatorVinal Binner
LanguageGerman
PublisherBiederstein Verlag [de]
Publication date
1962
Publication placeGermany
Published in English
1996
Pages368

The Merowingians or The Total Family (German: Die Merowinger oder Die totale Familie) is a 1962 novel by the Austrian writer Heimito von Doderer. It interweaves a contemporary family with the medieval Merovingian dynasty and is about a man who tries to create "the total family" by marrying his step-family members.[1][2][3] In 2018, Die Welt described the novel as "by far the funniest and strangest in the oeuvre of this highly funny and most strange author".[4]

The book was adapted into the 1981 film Die totale Familie [de].[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Packt ihn und zwackt ihn". Der Spiegel (in German). 29 January 1963. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Die Merowinger oder Die totale Familie" (in German). ORF. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. ^ Docherty, Vincent John (1984). The reception of Heimito von Doderer as exemplified by the critics' response to Ein Mord den jeder Bericht and Die Merowinger (PhD). University of Glasgow. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ^ Scheck, Denis (28 February 2018). "Heimito von Doderer: „Die Merowinger"". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Die totale Familie". Filmarchiv Austria. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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