German Autumn (Paperback)

In late 1946, Stig Dagerman was assigned by the Swedish newspaper Expressen to report on life in Germany immediately after the fall of the Third Reich. First published in Sweden in 1947, German Autumn, a collection of the articles written for that assignment, was unlike any other reporting at the time. While most Allied and foreign journalists spun their writing on the widely held belief that the German people deserved their fate, Dagerman disagreed and reported on the humanness of the men and women ruined by the war-their guilt and suffering. Dagerman was already a prominent writer in Sweden, but the publication and broad reception of German Autumn throughout Europe established him as a compassionate journalist and led to the long-standing international influence of the book. Presented here in its first American edition with a compelling new foreword by Mark Kurlansky, Dagerman's essays on the tragic aftermath of war, suffering, and guilt are as hauntingly relevant today amid current global conflict as they were sixty years ago.

General

Imprint:	University of Minnesota Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2011
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	Stig Dagerman
Foreword by:	Mark Kurlansky
Translators:	Robin Fulton MacPherson
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-0-8166-7752-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General
LSN:	0-8166-7752-2
Barcode:	9780816677528

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!