The hothouse / Wolfgang Koeppen ; translated from the German by Michael Hofmann ; with an introduction by Pankaj Mishra ; and an afterword by the translator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koeppen, Wolfgang, 1906-1996, Author.

Contributor:

Hofmann, Michael, 1957 August 25- translator, author of afterword.

Mishra, Pankaj, writer of introduction.

Series:

New Directions paperbook ; 1664.

New Directions Paperbook ; NDP 1664

Standardized Title:

Treibhaus. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/c8f83378-9346-55d9-5a61-93ef1b1c9504

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Politicians--Fiction.

Politicians.

Bonn (Germany)--Fiction.

Bonn (Germany).

Germany--Politics and government--1945-1990--Fiction.

Germany.

Genre:

Novels.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xviii, 187 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2026.

Summary:

"The Hothouse traces the tragic final two days in the life of a minor German politician, Keetenheuve, a man disillusioned by the corruption of his country after WWII. Following his self-imposed exile during the war, Keetenheuve returns to the hothouse: the city of Bonn. Until this point he has led a life guided by principle and political optimism. Here, in spellbinding internal monologue and jarring montage, he meets his end. The Hothouse is an existential masterpiece and a portrait of a moral man crushed by an immoral world. Bitterly controversial at home and a cult writer abroad, Koeppen (1906- 1996) brought a volcanic modernist style to German literature that remains unparalleled to this day. His uniquely radical voice and breathtaking prose is rendered magnificently by Michael Hofmann"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780811240000

0811240002

OCLC:

1519445539