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Mr. Zed´s Reflections
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
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Description for Mr. Zed´s Reflections
Hardback. With subversive energy and masterful brevity, Mr Zed undermines arrogance, megalomania, and false authority. A determined speaker who doesn't care for ambitions, he forces topics that others would rather keep to themselves. This work collects the considerations and provocations of this squat park-bench philosopher. Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Series: The German List. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
One should always only adhere to what he doesn't say. Any new book by poet, essayist, writer, and translator Hans Magnus Enzensberger, one of the world's most influential and internationally renowned German intellectuals, is cause for notice and reflection, and Mr. Zed's Reflections is no exception. Every afternoon for almost a year, a plump man named Mr. Zed comes to the same spot in the city park and engages passers-by with these quick-witted repartees. Those who pass ask, who is this man? A wisecracker, a clown, a belligerent philosopher? Many shake their heads and move on; others listen to ... Read more
One should always only adhere to what he doesn't say. Any new book by poet, essayist, writer, and translator Hans Magnus Enzensberger, one of the world's most influential and internationally renowned German intellectuals, is cause for notice and reflection, and Mr. Zed's Reflections is no exception. Every afternoon for almost a year, a plump man named Mr. Zed comes to the same spot in the city park and engages passers-by with these quick-witted repartees. Those who pass ask, who is this man? A wisecracker, a clown, a belligerent philosopher? Many shake their heads and move on; others listen to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
The German List
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857422248
SKU
V9780857422248
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About Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Hans Magnus Enzensberger is the author of numerous books, including The Silences of Hammerstein, A History of Clouds: 99 Meditations, and Brussels, the Gentle Monster, all published by Seagull Books. Martin Chalmers is a Berlin-based translator from Glasgow. He has translated some of the best-known German-language writers, including Herta Muller and Elfriede Jelinek.
Reviews for Mr. Zed´s Reflections
"Hans Magnus Enzensberger is one of Germany's leading public intellectuals. He belongs to the same generation as Gunter Grass and Jurgen Habermas, although he has been less bien pensant, less predictable, than either. His early poetry, lyric verse with a strong political content, won him the Georg Buchner Prize and he is now widely regarded as Germany's foremost living poet. ... Read more