| Tales of Mr. Keuner Contributor(s): Brecht, Bertolt (Author), Reidel, James (Translator), K, Ulf (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0857424718 ISBN-13: 9780857424716 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $18.28 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary |
| Dewey: 741.5 |
| LCCN: 2018330939 |
| Series: German List |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.8" W x 9.6" (0.85 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the 1920s through the 1950s, Bertolt Brecht wrote a number of short, fictionalized comments on contemporary life, politics, and thought. Through the dramatic events of the first half of the twentieth century, Brecht's Mr. Keuner offered up aphorisms, stray thoughts, and fragments of anecdote that punctured contemporary self-regard about religion, politics, business, and more. Deceptively light in tone, and bite-size in presentation, Mr. Keuner's comments bring Brecht's lacerating wit to bear on a wide range of the half-truths and public lies of his era. This graphic novel adaptation sets a number of Brecht's Mr. Keuner pieces, newly translated, alongside cartoons by German artist Ulf K., whose spare, abstract style lends force to the underlying meanings of Keuner's pronouncements. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brecht, Bertolt: - Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is one of the most important and legendary German playwrights and theatre directors of the twentieth century.Reidel, James: - James Reidel is a poet, translator, and biographer. In addition to collections of his own poems, he has published translations of works by Georg Trakl, Franz Werfel, Robert Walser, Thomas Bernhard, and others. A fellow of the James Merrill House, he wrote Manon's World after nearly a decade of research. |