Little Herr Friedmann And Other Stories

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Little Herr Friedmann And Other Stories
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas Mann
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9780749386870
ClassificationsDewey:833.912 833.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint Vintage
Publication Date 23 October 1997
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

SALES POINTS- * Autobiography in the guise of fiction - rare insight into the mind of this Nobel Prize winning writer. * Classic fiction which sells steadily to students and to the general reader. * Has been core Penguin backlist for years - now reverting to Minerva. * An essential part of the Mann reissue programme - including truly gorgeous new covers. THE BOOK- A selection of work taken from his highly acclaimed collection Stories of a Lifetime by one of the greatest writers of the 20th Century. In elegant prose, Mann explores such eternal themes as- individuals forced into the extremes of their existence, isolation and the artist's tentative position in the harsh world, the realization of one's true nature.

Author Biography

Thomas Mann (1875-1955) was the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His first major novel, Buddenbrooks, had sold over a million copies in Germany alone before it was banned and burned by Hitler.