Botho Strauss, Author, Roslyn Theobald, Translator Northwestern University Press $24.95 (274p) ISBN 978-0-8101-1338-1
Leon Pracht, a young German intellectual working as an apprentice theater director, is not only alienated from modern society but is also experiencing a trial separation from reality. Strauss's own background as a theater director and playwright...
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Botho Strauss, Author, Roslyn Theobald, Translator Northwestern University Press $24.95 (126p) ISBN 978-0-8101-1242-1
The frustrated but never-ending search for meaning and emotional connection finds hyper-intellectual expression in this collection of vignettes by German writer and playwright Strauss. In six linked sections, couples both longstanding and temporary...
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Botho Strauss, Author, Roslyn Theobald, Translator Hydra Books $26.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-8101-1283-4
German dramatist and author Strauss (Couples, Passersby) aims for catharsis through language in this series of somber, tightly crafted vignettes about Berliners who are emotionally and professionally adrift. The book's bleak tone is established in...
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