Winner of the 1980 PEN/Faulkner Award
The question How German Is It underlies the conduct and actions of the characters in Walter Abish's novel, an icy panorama of contemporary Germany, in which the tradition of order and obedience, the patrimony of the saber and the castle on the Rhine, give way to the present, indiscriminate fascination with all things American.
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Winner of the 1980 PEN/Faulkner Award
The question How German Is It underlies the conduct and actions of the characters in Walter Abish's novel, an icy panorama of contemporary Germany, in which the tradition of order and obedience, the patrimony of the saber and the castle on the Rhine, give way to the present, indiscriminate fascination with all things American.
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The question How German Is It underlies the conduct and actions of the characters in Walter Abish's novel, an icy panorama of contemporary Germany, in which the tradition of order and obedience, the patrimony of the saber and the castle on the Rhine, give way to the present, indiscriminate fascination with all things American. On his return from Paris to his home city of W
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Walter Abish is the author of three novels, three collections of short stories, and a book of poems. He has been the recipient of a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation as well as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. His other awards include a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award and the 1991 Award of Merit Medal from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York City.
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