Heinrich von Kleist

Michael Kohlhaas (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Hofmann, Michael

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An extraordinary masterpiece of German literature, now in a gripping new English translation

Michael Kohlhaas has been wronged. First his finest horses were unfairly confiscated and mistreated. And things keep going worsehis servants have been beaten, his wife killed, and the lawsuits he pursues are stymiedbut Kohlhaas, determined to find justice at all costs, tirelessly persists. Standing up against the bureaucratic machine of the empire, Kohlhaas becomes an indomitable figure that you can't help rooting for from start to finish.

Knotty, darkly comical, magnificent in its weirdness, and one of the greatest and most influential tales in German literature, this short novel, first published in German in 1810, is now available in award-winning Michael Hofmann's sparkling new English translation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Directions
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780811228350
• Artikelnr.: 59589043

Autorenporträt

Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer, and journalist, who committed double suicide with a terminally ill friend.

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Rezensionen

This sparkling new translation from Michael Hofmann makes for a fine entry point into Kleist's passionate, grotesque, hysterical, and deeply strange body of work The New Yorker