Koeppen examines the obsessive side of young love in his first novel, a sly romantic satire that was banned in Nazi Germany in 1936 for its candid depiction of a decidedly one-sided, non-Aryan relationship in which the woman calls most of the shots. The story picks up the enthralled narrator, Friede
A sad state of affairs
β Scribed by Bonalume, Ricardo
- Book ID
- 109778841
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 354
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/354100c0
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