El templo

Penned in 1929, this autobiographical novel narrates the experiences of a young poet from Oxford vacationing in Germany. Addressing themes such as sexual morality, naturism, and fascism, the novel focuses on the protagonist's spontaneous reaction to the social and cultural atmosphere of the Weimar Republic, a paradise that would promptly disappear under Nazi rule. With increasing tension, lazy afternoons filled with hiking and swimming and nights spent drinking and dancing at nightclubs slowly give way to the growing Nazi threat being felt among the youth the protagonist befriends.