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The Death of the Adversary

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by Hans Keilson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hans KeilsonPublish date:07/20/10Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plISBN-13:9780374139629ISBN-10:374139628UPC:9780374139629Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Jewish, World LiteratureBook Topic:GermanySize:8.24 x 5.42 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC69VKGGG3

Written while Hans Keilson was in hiding during World War II, The Death of the Adversary is the self-portrait of a young man helplessly fascinated by an unnamed "adversary" whom he watches rise to power in 1930s Germany. It is a tale of horror, not only in its evocation of Hitler's gathering menace but also in its hero's desperate attempt to discover logic where none exists. A psychological fable as wry and haunting as Badenheim 1939, The Death of the Adversary is a lost classic of modern fiction.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plISBN-13:9780374139629ISBN-10:374139628UPC:9780374139629Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Jewish, World LiteratureBook Topic:GermanySize:8.24 x 5.42 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC69VKGGG3

Hans Keilson is the author of Comedy in a Minor Key. Born in Germany in 1909, he published his first novel in 1933. During World War II he joined the Dutch resistance. Later, as a psychotherapist, he pioneered the treatment of war trauma in children. In a 2010 New York Times review, Francine Prose called Keilson a "genius" and "one of the world's very greatest writers." He died in 2011 at the age of 101.


Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl

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