
The Father of a Murderer
Alfred Andersch(Author)
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Will be published approx. on 30. March 1995
Book
Hardback
95 pages
978-0-8112-1261-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Father of a Murderer takes place in a classroom of the Wittelsbach Gymnasium in 1920s Munich over the course of a single Greek lesson. Headmaster Himmler (the father of Heinrich Himmler) enters the classroom, apparently to observe the students' progress. However, he soon takes over the lesson himself. Himmler mercilessly tests the boys, but his real purpose is to teach a political lesson to the German youths, and through them to settle scores with their fathers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
263 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8112-1261-8 (9780811212618)
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Leila Vennewitz was the distinguished translator of Heinrich Boell and other postwar German writers, including Jurek Becker and Martin Walser. She won numerous awards for her translations. She died in 2007.