The Burden of the Past: Martin Walser on Modern German Identity: Texts, Contexts, Commentary

by Thomas A. Kovach and Martin Walser

English translation, analysis, and contextualization of Walser's notorious but little-examined Peace-Prize speech and related writings.

The German novelist Martin Walser's 1998 speech upon accepting the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade remains a milestone in recent German efforts to come to terms with the Nazi past. The day after the speech, Ignatz Bubis, leader of Germany's Jewish community, attacked Walser for inciting dangerous right-wing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571133682
• ISBN13: 9781571133687
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"