The Life and Works of Wolfgang Borchert

by Gordon Burgess and Daniel J. Farrelly

Wolfgang Borchert has been called "the most important voice of post-war German literature." He came to fame literally overnight when his play Draussen vor der T r (The Man Outside) was broadcast in the British zone of occupied Germany in February 1947 and evoked impassioned reactions both for and against. An examination of the plight of the returning soldier in the postwar world, it has become an icon of its time, capturing the futility of war and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571132708
• ISBN13: 9781571132703
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"