The Continuation of Simplicissimus - Brossura

Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoph Von

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ISBN 10: 1910213926 ISBN 13: 9781910213926

Casa editrice: Dedalus Ltd, 2019

Riassunto

The Continuation is Grimmelshausen's 'pilgrim's progress', the concluding chapter in one of the greatest and most acclaimed German novels. It combines fantastic episodes with a realistic narrative style.At the end of his original adventures his hero withdraws from the world to live as a hermit in the Black Forest. Now, after a vivid dream of the Devil and all his minions at work, he decides to become a pilgrim and visit the holy places, making his way, with various encounters, across Switzerland to Italy, where he takes passage on a ship to Egypt. Outside Cairo he is captured by Arab robbers who take him to the Red Sea, exhibiting him as a wild man from the desert. Rescued by European merchants, he embarks on a ship to return home via the Cape of Good Hope, but the ship is wrecked and, 50 years before Robinson Crusoe, he is marooned on a desert island.

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L'autore

Johann Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen(born 1622)took part in the Thirty Year War (1618-1648) which provides the backdrop for his writing. Simplicissimus published in 1668 was the first German bestselling novel and Grimmelshausen followed it up with three spin-offs The Life of Courage, Tearaway and The Continuation of Simplicissimus, all available in translations by Mike Mitchell.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Dedalus Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1910213926
• ISBN 13: 9781910213926
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 155