A Family Failure.

Rasp (Renate)

A Family Failure.

A novel. Translated from the German by Eva Figes.

Description: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, pp. 126, crown 8vo, original maroon boards, backstrip lettered in gilt with a touch of gentle fading at head, ownership inscription of Eva Figes (the translator) at head of flyleaf, dustjacket with a hint of rubbing, very good

Publication Details: Calder & Boyars, 1970

Notes: A superb association copy of this absurd and disturbing novel of metamorphosis, in which 'Kuno, the obedient son, falls in with his stepfather's plan that he should become a tree' (dustjacket blurb) - with the ownership inscription of the book's translator, Eva Figes, on the flyleaf. Figes, née Unger, had fled Nazi Germany with her parents in 1939, her father having been arrested and sent to Dachau during Kristallnacht the year before.A scarce book, the first appearance in English of this debut novel by a German author who trained as an actor and a graphic artist before embarking on a contro...moreA superb association copy of this absurd and disturbing novel of metamorphosis, in which 'Kuno, the obedient son, falls in with his stepfather's plan that he should become a tree' (dustjacket blurb) - with the ownership inscription of the book's translator, Eva Figes, on the flyleaf. Figes, née Unger, had fled Nazi Germany with her parents in 1939, her father having been arrested and sent to Dachau during Kristallnacht the year before.A scarce book, the first appearance in English of this debut novel by a German author who trained as an actor and a graphic artist before embarking on a controversial literary career. HIDE

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Price: £200

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1970

Stock Number: 69814

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