Loading cart contents...
The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus
12.99 JOD
Please allow 2 – 5 weeks for delivery of this item
Description
‘Gaudy, wild, raw, amusing, rollicking and ragged, boiling with life, on intimate terms with death and evil – but in the end, contrite and fully tired of a world wasting itself in blood, pillage and lust’ Thomas MannA story of war in all its absurdity and horror, this incomparable novel describes the fortunes of a young boy travelling through a world ravaged by conflict, and the terrible things he witnesses. Written by someone who fought in the Thirty Years War which decimated Europe in the seventeenth century, it combines brutal, documentary realism with fantastical, knockabout humour to depict a universe turned upside down. This pioneering work of fiction is considered to be the first great German novel.Translated by J. A. Underwood with an Introduction by Kevin Cramer
Additional information
| Weight | 0.339 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 2 × 13 × 19.8 cm |
| by | |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 496 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2018-3-1 |
| Imprint | |
| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0241309867 |
| About The Author | Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621-67) was born during the Thirty Years War and grew up to fight in it. It is impossible to disentangle how much of Simplicius Simplicissimus was based on his own experience and how much was fabricated. J. A. Underwood is a distinguished translator of German and French. He has translated, among others, Freud, Canetti, Kafka, Benjamin, Gombrowicz, Bachelard and Robbe-Grillet.Kevin Cramer is the author of The Thirty Years War and German Memory in the 19th Century. He teaches at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. |
Simplicissimus not only satirizes the world's folly but offers a Christian view of the vanity of this transitory existence. For this purpose, Grimmelshausen sense Simplicius off on a series of picaresque adventures. … And he has done so in a lively, colloquial, folksy style that is a major and original achievement, and a test for the translator. J. A. Underwood certainly passes this test. He has gone all out for a vivid, slangy, contemporary style, and his version is tremendous fun to read, as well as accurate. |
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.
Related products
-
![]()
On backorder 2-5 Weeks to Arrive
20.00 JOD -
![]()
On backorder 2-5 Weeks to Arrive
10.71 JOD -
![]()
On backorder 2-5 Weeks to Arrive
17.99 JOD -
![]()
On backorder 2-5 Weeks to Arrive
13.00 JOD
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.