The Case of Sergeant Grischa

by Arnold Zweig

Book Overview

First published in English to wide acclaim in 1928, "The Case of Sergeant Grischa" is the story of a soldier of the Russian Army and prisoner of war of the Germans who escapes and tries to find his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585673358
• ISBN13: 9781585673353
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 449 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.0"

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Author's Note

"The novel called 'The Case of Sergeant Grischa' is the central piece of a Triptych of which the collective title will be 'A Trilogy of the Transition.' It will be preceded chronologically and dramatically by the novel called 'Education Before Verdun' (Bertin); the novel called 'The Crowning of a King' (Winfried) will follow it. 'The Case of Sergeant Grischa,' the plot of which is founded on fact, was conceived in the year 1917, composed and written as a play in 1921, and as a novel in 1926-27."