Murr's cat's worldly views.
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Murr's cat's worldly views.
19.99 €
You should read
this book, if only because it's written by a cat-- a cat named Murr.
Purr. There is even a monument to this cat in the German city of Bamberg. Sitting
Murr on his master's right shoulder, and the monument stands in the square that bears his master's name.
in front of the theater named after his master. So we must,
in spite of Murr's obvious displeasure (if you read the book, you'll know his character).
his character, I'll say his master's name: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann.
(1776-1822).
Yes, this cat is quite egotistical and terribly pathetic. But thanks to this cat.
you have the opportunity to meet the great composer Johannes Kreisler.
Kreisler, whose pages Murr uses as blotters...
blotters... And at the same time to understand what life was like in the real Germany of the early 19th century.
to the real writer, chaplain, painter Ernst Theodor Hoffmann,
who, towards the end of his life, wrote a great novel that combined the tragic.
the tragic, the ironic, the romantic and the funny. It's exactly as it is
in life, human or feline.
Translated from the German by Alexander Golemba. Accompanying article by Eugene
Klyuev Evgeny Vasilyevich Klyuev (born 1954) - poet, writer,
translator.
He is a linguist by education, Ph.D. For many years he has been studying, in particular, English-language literature.
In particular, English-language literature - primarily English classical literature of absurdity in the XIX century.
literature of the absurd in the 19th century. E. Klyuev's novel "Andermanir Shtuk" was shortlisted for the National Prize "Big Book".
was shortlisted for the National Prize "Big Book" (2010), the novel
"Translit", the poetry book "Music on the Titanic" -
"Russian Prize" (2013, 2015). For more than 20 years lives in Denmark, where
teaches the Danish language.
this book, if only because it's written by a cat-- a cat named Murr.
Purr. There is even a monument to this cat in the German city of Bamberg. Sitting
Murr on his master's right shoulder, and the monument stands in the square that bears his master's name.
in front of the theater named after his master. So we must,
in spite of Murr's obvious displeasure (if you read the book, you'll know his character).
his character, I'll say his master's name: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann.
(1776-1822).
Yes, this cat is quite egotistical and terribly pathetic. But thanks to this cat.
you have the opportunity to meet the great composer Johannes Kreisler.
Kreisler, whose pages Murr uses as blotters...
blotters... And at the same time to understand what life was like in the real Germany of the early 19th century.
to the real writer, chaplain, painter Ernst Theodor Hoffmann,
who, towards the end of his life, wrote a great novel that combined the tragic.
the tragic, the ironic, the romantic and the funny. It's exactly as it is
in life, human or feline.
Translated from the German by Alexander Golemba. Accompanying article by Eugene
Klyuev Evgeny Vasilyevich Klyuev (born 1954) - poet, writer,
translator.
He is a linguist by education, Ph.D. For many years he has been studying, in particular, English-language literature.
In particular, English-language literature - primarily English classical literature of absurdity in the XIX century.
literature of the absurd in the 19th century. E. Klyuev's novel "Andermanir Shtuk" was shortlisted for the National Prize "Big Book".
was shortlisted for the National Prize "Big Book" (2010), the novel
"Translit", the poetry book "Music on the Titanic" -
"Russian Prize" (2013, 2015). For more than 20 years lives in Denmark, where
teaches the Danish language.
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