The Shadow of the Coachman's Body by Peter Weiss Paperback Book

Description: The Shadow of the Coachman's Body by Peter Weiss, Rosmarie Waldrop A meticulously observed and macabre tale of hell on earth from the revolutionary German author of the famous play Marat/Sade FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Peter Weisss first prose work, The Shadow of the Coachmans Body, was unanimously praised as an original and perfect work of art by critics when it appeared in 1960. Here, in poet Rosmarie Waldrops stunning translation, Weiss arranges a dark, vividly alive comedy of inert objects in a dismal boarding house—stones, buttons, hooks, needles, chairs, newspapers in an outhouse, clinking tin cups, celestial orbs, sewing machines, an overwound windup music box—which have oblique characters shadows as their supporting cast. Described by Weiss as a "micro-novel," The Shadow of the Coachmans Body can be obscene, trivial and brutal, and yet it is also peculiarly intimate and offers endless possibilities—like a telescope and kaleidoscope rolled into one. Author Biography Peter Weiss (1916–1982) was a German playwright, dramatist, visual artist, filmmaker, and novelist. His works include The Aesthetics of Resistance and The Shadow of the Coachmans Body. He is best known in the US for his play Marat/Sade: Peter Brooks production received the Tony Award for Best Play in 1966. His documentary drama The Investigation, which recreates the trial of Auschwitz concentration camp guards, was produced on American television in the 1960s. He was awarded the Georg BÜchner Prize after his death in 1982. Rosmarie Waldrop, born in Germany in 1935, is the author of several books of poetry, fiction, and essays, and a noted translator of French and German poetry. Her most recent books are The Nick of Time, Gap Gardening: Selected Poems (winner of the Los Angeles Book Prize), and Driven to Abstraction. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts of Letters, and is a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. For fifty-six years, she and her husband Keith Waldrop ran one of the countrys most vibrant experimental poetry presses, Burning Deck, in Providence, Rhode Island. Review "Staggering ambition! Extraordinary richness." -- Susan Sontag"Exhilaratingly strange, compelling, and original." -- Bookforum"Peter Weiss has, of course, achieved international celebrity through his plays and dramatic documentaries. But in the long run it may well be that his earlier prose writings will be recognized as his finest work." -- George Steiner Review Quote Staggering ambition! Extraordinary richness.Exhilaratingly strange, compelling, and original. Details ISBN0811231615 Year 2022 ISBN-10 0811231615 ISBN-13 9780811231619 Format Paperback Pages 80 Imprint New Directions Publishing Corporation Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Author Rosmarie Waldrop Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation Translator Rosmarie Waldrop AU Release Date 2022-05-20 NZ Release Date 2022-05-20 US Release Date 2022-05-20 Publication Date 2022-05-20 UK Release Date 2022-05-20 DEWEY 833.914 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:142936091;

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