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  Boys and Murderers: Collected Short Fiction (Paperback) By (author) Hermann Ungar, Translated by Isabel F. Cole, Preface by Thomas Mann, Illustrated by Otto Gutfreund

  

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  Short Description for Boys and MurderersFiction. Translated from the German by Isabel F. Cole. From the author of the highly-acclaimed novel The Maimed, the completecollection of his short fiction translated for the first time into English. Admired by Thomas Mann, whose Preface is included in this volume for his analysis of the human psyche, Ungar was a writer of unique talent whose life was prematurely ended by illness. The stories in ...
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  • Publisher: Twisted Spoon Press
  • Published: 01 December 2006
  • Format: Paperback 252 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Fiction In Translation
  • ISBN 13: 9788086264257 ISBN 10: 8086264254
  • Sales rank: 350,672

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• Fiction. Translated from the German by Isabel F. Cole. From the author of the highly-acclaimed novel The Maimed, the completecollection of his short fiction translated for the first time into English. Admired by Thomas Mann, whose Preface is included in this volume for his analysis of the human psyche, Ungar was a writer of unique talent whose life was prematurely ended by illness. The stories in this volume are in turn grotesque and comical as they explore the depravities of the heart anddelusions of the mind. Taking Prague as well as his hometown of Boskovice for his settings, Ungar can be located in that illustrious tradition of both Prague German writers (he was associated with Franz Kafka in the Prague Circle) and Jewish writers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, such as Joseph Roth. Long forgotten in German literature, Ungar1s work has experienced a renaissance over the past decade with new editions appearing in German as well as in Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, and English. "