The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr
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- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
14 July 1999
Summary
Tomcat Murr is a loveable, self-taught animal who has written his own autobiography. But a printer’s error causes his story to be accidentally mixed and spliced with a book about the composer Johannes Kreisler. As the two versions break off and alternate at dramatic moments, two wildly different characters emerge from the confusion - Murr, the confident scholar, lover, carouser and brawler, and the moody, hypochondriac genius Kreisler. In his exuberant and bizarre novel, Hoffmann brilliantly …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140446319 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140446311 |
| Author: | E.T.A. Hoffmann, Anthea Bell, Jeremy Adler |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 14 July 1999 |
| Weight: | 283g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
E.T.A. Hoffmann
E T A Hoffmann (1776 - 1822) was born in Konigsberg and became one of the best known and influential authors of his time. He exploited the grotesque and the bizarre in a manner unmatched by any other Romantic writer.
Jeremy Adler is Professor of German at King’s College London.
Anthea Bell has received many awards for her translations including the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 1979, 1990 and 1995.
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