About this title: A collection of short stories ranging from the comic to the macabre by German writer Gert Hofmann, the author of "Our Conquest", "The Parable of the Blind" and "The Spectacle at the Tower", which won the Alfred Doblin Prize in 1982.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Minerva
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780749390808ISBN:0749390808
Description: Very Good. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Minerva
Date Published: 03/05/1990
ISBN-13:9780749390808ISBN:0749390808
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780436198168ISBN:0436198169
Description: Grade: C. Catalog: Fiction General Synopsis: 285 pages. In this dazzling collection of short fiction we are drawn into a hallucinatory world where the boundaries between fantasy and reality are l... read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Minerva, London
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780749390808ISBN:0749390808
Description: Acceptable. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (UK) No markings, chip of the top corner of back cover, spine crease, small skinned spot from remval of price tag to lower back cover, small corner creases, decent used cipy. Wraps, 285pp. This is a colection of 9 short stories by a major German author, translated by Christopher Middleton and Michael Hofmann. (1.1 JM Fo 7/4. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Minerva
Date Published: 1990-03-05
ISBN-13:9780749390808ISBN:0749390808
Description: Very Good. 1990 Mandarin Minerva British Trade Paperback; Edition Not Stated; text clean/unmarked; color cover few minor surface scratches/corner bends/edge wear; spine creased/strong; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; 285 pages; 9 stories; translated by Christopher Middleton + Michael Hofman; paper edges aging. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Minerva
Date Published: 1990-05-03
ISBN-13:9780749390808ISBN:0749390808
Description: Very Good. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Covers show light wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Description: Hofmann, Gert., selected & trans. by Christopher Middleton., Fromm International Pub., nd (1988), c1988, 1st U.S. Edition, cloth, fine w/dj, 200 pp, 8vo, 'Villagers stand by and watch as a father and daughter descend into madness...', $15.00. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Minerva Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780749390808ISBN:0749390808
Description: Front corners & top spine barely bumped & worn, book appears unread, otherwise fine. "With writing of such sustained excellence it is a question which stories (of Hofmann's) are masterworks & which merely accomplished virtuoso pieces. " read more
Description: Very good. Used, remainders or ex-library, english-speaking-service, Gebraucht oder Verlagsrestbestand, evtl. aus Bibliotheksbestand, bei mehrbändigen Werken bitten wir um vorherige Anfrage, korrekte Rechnung mit ausgewiesener MwSt., deutschsprachiger Service, 14-Tage-Rückgaberecht. read more
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