System of Vienna
From Heaven Street to Earth Mound Square
Published on 14. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
125 pages
978-1-56478-550-3 (ISBN)
Description
Half philosopher and half clown-prince, Gert Jonke is Austria s comic gift to contemporary fiction.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56478-550-3 (9781564785503)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Gert Jonke is counted among Austria's most important authors and dramatists. Among other prizes, he received the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, the Erich Fried Prize, and the Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature. He died in 2009 at the age of 62. Vincent Kling is professor of German and comparative literature at La Salle University in Philadelphia.