.jpg) First edition (German) published by Albert Langen | |
| Author | Leo Perutz |
|---|---|
| Original title | Zwischen neun und neun |
| Translator | Lily Lore; Edward Larkin and Thomas Ahrens |
| Cover artist | Th. Th. Heine |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Various newspapers (Original serial); The Viking Press; Ariadne Press (Eng. lang. book) |
Publication date | 1918 |
| Publication place | Austria |
Published in English | 1926; 2009 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp (hardcover edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1-57241-168-5 |
From Nine to Nine or Between Nine and Nine (German title: Zwischen neun und neun; original title: Freiheit) is a novel by Leo Perutz first published in 1918. It is about a turbulent day in the life of an impoverished student in Imperial Vienna. The commission of a desperate crime at the beginning of the novel triggers a chain reaction during which the protagonist is thrown into a series of grotesque situations while all around him people carry on with their normal lives without noticing anything out of the ordinary.
Originally serialized in various newspapers in Prague, Vienna, and Berlin, From Nine to Nine became a very popular book and was translated into eight languages during the 1920s. In 1922 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer bought the film rights, but the film was never made.