Heinrich von Kleist
Birth date: October 18, 1777
Died: November 21, 1811
Heinrich von Kleist's Books
Just back from a long train journey, I took the opportunity to read Michael Kohlhaas in German. I can't imagine this text in English; it somehow seems simultaneously modern, and of the time in which the story is set. The actual language hardly intrudes at all, but there are particular words or phras...
Amazing collection of stories. However, I am suspect of this particular translation. There were far too many instances of modern turns-of-phrases especially in the best story of all, Michael Kohlhaas. I have not read anywhere as yet if my suspicion holds water or not, but I would be interested if ...
I loved this story as well as many others. A master storyteller of immense integrity.
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2011/08/art-of-novella-challenge-duel-by.html
I can't remember ever fighting for somebody's honor. It is possible I have, but perhaps too drunk at the time to remember. Of course, that would have been years ago when I was young and dumb and fought for things as if they mattered. In this novella, the truth does matter. Not only is an entire f...
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