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My marriage / Jakob Wassermann ; translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.
Van Pelt Library PT2647.A92 G2613 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wassermann, Jakob, 1873-1934, author.
- Series:
- New York Review of Books Classics.
- New York Review of Books Classics
- Standardized Title:
- Ganna. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Genre:
- Psychological fiction.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 277 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York Review Books, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Alexander Herzog, a young writer, goes to Vienna to escape his debts and a failed love affair. There he is pursued by book-loving Ganna: giddy, girlish, clumsy, eccentric, and wild. Dazzled and unnerved by her devotion to him, and attracted to the large dowry offered by her wealthy father, he thinks he can mold Ganna into what he wants. But no one can control her troubling passions. As their marriage starts to self-destruct, Herzog will discover that he can never escape her. Posthumously published in 1934 and based on Wassermann's own ruinous marriage, My Marriage is a tragic masterpiece that unfolds in shocking detail. This story of rare intensity and drama is now brought to English readers in a powerful translation by Michael Hofmann. "-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "This is a New York Review Book" -- t.p. verso.
- "First published in German, within Joseph Kerkhovens dritte Existenz by Querido, Amsterdam, in 1934. This translation first published by Penguin Classics in 2012." -- t.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wassermann, Jakob, 1873-1934, author. My marriage
- ISBN:
- 1590179226
- 9781590179222
- OCLC:
- 907884523
- Publisher Number:
- 99966212460
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