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Author Schmidt, Arno, 1914-1979.

Title Nobodaddy's children / Arno Schmidt ; translated by John E. Woods.

Publication Info. Normal, IL : Dalkey Archive Press, 1995.

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 Moore Stacks  PT2638.M453 A15 1994 vol.2    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xii, 236 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Collected early fiction, 1949-1964 / Arno Schmidt ; v. 2
Schmidt, Arno, 1914-1979. Works. Selections. English. 1994 ; v. 2.
Contents Scenes from the life of a faun -- Brand's heath -- Dark mirrors.
Summary Three novellas on Germany from the Nazi era through the postwar years. In Scenes from the Life of a Faun, a civil servant tries to forget the war by researching the exploits of a deserter during the Napoleonic Wars, Brand's Heath is on a returning prisoner-of-war, and in Dark Mirrors the lone survivor of atomic warfare discovers he is not alone, but instead of bringing joy this brings fear. The usual sharply observed detail and sarcastic asides from an erudite writer (1914-1979). By the author of Collected Novellas.
Subject Germany -- Fiction.
Germany.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Fiction.
Added Author Woods, John E. (John Edwin)
Added Title Nobodaddy's Kinder. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010063208
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