Fiction from Tegel Prision Contributor(s): Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (Author), Green, Clifford J. (Author), Lukens, Nancy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0800683072 ISBN-13: 9780800683078 Publisher: Fortress Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: Bonhoeffer reveals a great deal of his family context, social world, and cultural milieu in this fiction from his first year in prison. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Christian - Collections & Anthologies |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 99053542 |
Series: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.31" W x 9.33" (1.30 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Evangelical - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - German - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Writing fiction, letters to his family, fiance, and friends and contending with his interrogator occupied Bonhoeffer during his first year in Tegel Prison. Of the incomplete drama, the novel fragment, and the short story, Bonhoeffer admitted to his friend and later biographer, Eberhard Bethge, There is a good deal of autobiography mixed with it. This book discloses a great deal of Bonhoeffer's family context, social world, and cultural milieu. Events from his life are recounted in a way that embodies and illuminates his theology. Characters and situations that represent Nazi types and attitudes are a form of social criticism and help to explain Bonhoeffer's participation in the resistance movement and the plot to kill Adolf Hitler, for which he was hanged. This important volume, now in paperback, is complete and authoritative and contains much material not found in the previous edition. The German edition of this volume was edited by Bonhoeffer's niece, Renate Bethgewho brings personal knowledge of the Bonhoeffer family to her observationsand Ilse Tdt, who contributed much of the commentary. The English edition is edited by Clifford Green, who also edited the earlier version of the book, titled Fiction from Prison. |