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Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte (German Edition)
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Adelbert von Chamisso als Naturforscher
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German Romantic Stories : Eichendorff, Brentano, Chamisso, and Others
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 49.72 $Includes: Anecdotes from the Last Prussian War, The Beggarwoman of Locarono, and The Story of a Remarkable Single Combat by Heinrich von Kleist; An Unexpected Reunion and Kannitverstan by Johann Peter Hebel; Freidrich de la Motte Fouque's Undine; Adelbert von Chamisso's The Strange Story of Peter Schlemihl; Clemens Brentano's The Story of Good Caspar and Fair Annie; and Joseph von Eichendorff's Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing.
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Peter Schlemiel: The Man Who Sold His Shadow
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 46.86 $Asked which book by another author he would most like to claim as his own work, Italo Calvino once said without hesitation, Adelbert von Chamisso's Peter Schlemiel. First published in 1814, this brilliant novel is not only a precursor of Poe, Kafka, and the magic realists - it is a timeless fable with a remarkably contemporary flavor.When a mysterious man in a gray coat asks Peter Schlemiel if he would sell him his shadow, that "lovely, lovely shadow" of his, he naturally thinks the man must be mad. But then the stranger makes him an offer he can't refuse.In return for his shadow, Schlemiel receives a neverending source of riches, and he is convinced he is on the road to happiness. Yet he finds that without a shadow he is rejected by society and unable to find the fulfillment of love. After a series of fantastic adventures, Peter Schlemiel realizes that he must discover a new way to give his life meaning if he is to go on in the world.Adelbert von Chamisso was born in France, but moved at an early age to Prussia, where he lived during the Franco-Prussian war. Chamisso felt that he belonged equally to both war-torn cultures. Peter Schlemiel was written soon after Prussia's defeat by Napoleon, and was Chamisso's answer to a world in turmoil. The novel was an immediate success, and it catapulted him to international fame.Peter Wortsman's new translation lets us rediscover all the charm wit, and power of this classic tale. In his introduction he gives us the historical background of the novel and traces its influence on the literature of the twentieth century.
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