Efraim's Book - Couverture souple

Andersch, Alfred

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811212629 ISBN 13 : 9780811212625

Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1994

Synopsis

Efraim's Book is the sophisticated, offbeat novel about the peculiar society of post-World-II Berlin. Its hero George Efraim is a Jewish reporter who has fought for the British on the Italian front and lost both parents to Auschwitz. He returns home to Berlin in 1962 for the first time since the war to investigate the wartime disappearance of his editor's daughter, only to begin writing a novel, which helps him "to embark on a certain arrangement of signs with the help of which I hope to chart my position." Like the great German novels of Günter Grass and Heinrich Böll, Alfred Andersch's Efraim's Book grapples with the legacy of World War II and the Holocaust in all its horror and sad humanity. A troubling yet often humorous book, it offers a poignant account of the traumatized German state.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ralph Manheim (1907-1992) was an American translator of German and French literature, as well as occasional works from Dutch, Polish and Hungarian. The PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, a major lifetime achievement award in the field of translation, is named in honor of Manheim and his work. He won many awards in his lifetime, including a MacArthur genius grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a National Book Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811212629
• ISBN 13: 9780811212625
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 306
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• Personne responsable: non disponible