| The German Lesson Contributor(s): Lenz, Siegfried (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811222012 ISBN-13: 9780811222013 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2019053997 |
| Lexile Measure: 1160 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (1.05 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this quiet and devastating novel about the rise of fascism, Siggi Jepsen, incarcerated as a juvenile delinquent, is assigned to write a routine German lesson on the "The Joys of Duty." Overfamiliar with these joys, Siggi sets down his life since 1943, a decade earlier, when as a boy he watched his father, a constable, doggedly carry out orders from Berlin to stop a well-known Expressionist artist from painting and to seize all his "degenerate" work. Soon Siggi is stealing the paintings to keep them safe from his father. "I was trying to find out," Lenz says, "where the joys of duty could lead a people." Translated from the German by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins |
Contributor Bio(s): Lenz, Siegfried: - Born in East Prussia, SIEGFRIED LENZ (1917-2014) was one of Germany's foremost writers. Best known for The German Lesson, his stories and novels rank in popularity as well as critical esteem alongside those of Günter Grass and Heinrich Böll. Lenz was awarded the prestigious Friedenpreis of the German Book Trade in 1988. |