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It tells the tale of a failed used car salesman who wants to live the high life, and so decides to travel by train from Munich to Barecelona to attend the World's Fair - in hopes of meeting a beautiful, rich woman who will provide for his every whim.
It's a highly-stylized and, at times, raucously funny tale of the almost-absurd: a dark and satiric look at Europeans, and especially Germans, on the brink of cataclysm. Adrift in their acquisitive desires, they are vulnerable to the propaganda of the State - making this novel brilliantly foresightful in its understanding of politics and human nature at a crucial point in modern history.
Ödön von Horváth's scathing insight, in fact, led to his having to flee the very society he depicted when, living in Berlin, he drew the wrath of the Nazis. And yet this hilarious tour-de-force - written just after his escape, and just before his death in a tragic accident - eschews bitterness for rambunctious perseverance and compassion, and provides ample evidence of why von Horváth deserves renewed appreciation.
It tells the tale of a failed used car salesman who wants to live the high life, and so decides to travel by train from Munich to Barecelona to attend the World's Fair - in hopes of meeting a beautiful, rich woman who will provide for his every whim.
It's a highly-stylized and, at times, raucously funny tale of the almost-absurd: a dark and satiric look at Europeans, and especially Germans, on the brink of cataclysm. Adrift in their acquisitive desires, they are vulnerable to the propaganda of the State - making this novel brilliantly foresightful in its understanding of politics and human nature at a crucial point in modern history.
Ödön von Horváth's scathing insight, in fact, led to his having to flee the very society he depicted when, living in Berlin, he drew the wrath of the Nazis. And yet this hilarious tour-de-force - written just after his escape, and just before his death in a tragic accident - eschews bitterness for rambunctious perseverance and compassion, and provides ample evidence of why von Horváth deserves renewed appreciation.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781935554479 |
| ISBN-10: | 1935554476 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Horvath, Odon Von |
| Übersetzung: | Dorvel, Benjamin |
| Hersteller: | Melville House Publishing |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 205 x 126 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Odon Von Horvath |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.03.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,197 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781935554479 |
| ISBN-10: | 1935554476 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Horvath, Odon Von |
| Übersetzung: | Dorvel, Benjamin |
| Hersteller: | Melville House Publishing |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 205 x 126 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Odon Von Horvath |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.03.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,197 kg |
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