Castle Gripsholm

by Kurt Tucholsky

Book Overview

A beguiling fable about a summer holiday in the Swedish countryside that transforms into a provocative parable about oppression and the evil awaiting Europe as the Nazis came to power. Kurt Tucholsky was a journalist, satirist, feuilletonist, polemicist, and poet, all in all one of the most versatile, provocative, and winning writers of the Weimar Republic; Castle Gripsholm , a short novel about an enchanted summer, which came out in 1931, is the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879513373
• ISBN13: 9780879513375
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Overlook Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

nice book

It's hard to translate such a book from its original language (German) yet a fine job has been done.

A marvellous classic love story.

Tucholsky shows that he can write in a gentle, almost pastel-colored style. A marvellous book, well worth the read.