I Just Let Life Rain Down on Me: Selected Letters and Reflections
Author:   Rahel Levin Varnhagen ,  Peter Wortsman ,  Peter Wortsman ,  Peter Wortsman
Publisher:   Seagull Books London Ltd
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9781803093369


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   10 September 2024
Format:   Hardback
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I Just Let Life Rain Down on Me: Selected Letters and Reflections


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Author:   Rahel Levin Varnhagen ,  Peter Wortsman ,  Peter Wortsman ,  Peter Wortsman
Publisher:   Seagull Books London Ltd
Imprint:   Seagull Books London Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9781803093369


ISBN 10:   1803093366
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   10 September 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Foreword: Return to Sender, the Letters of Rahel Levin Varnhagen Recollections of Rahel, by Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1830) 1. Letters to Family 2. Letters to David Veit 3. Letters to Various Friends 4. Grappling with Goethe and Other Contemporary Authors of Note, and Other Literary Reflections 5. Letters to and Recollections Noted by Karl August Varnhagen von Ense 6. Reflections (Selected Journal Notations and Remembered Conversations) 7. Aphorisms 8. Memorable Dreams 9. Last Words Acknowledgements

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""The title of each extract is drawn from the text (e.g. ""if only I could open myself to people the way one opens a cabinet""); along with aphorisms Wortsman lifts from the letters, which highlights Levin Varnhagen's wit."" * Times Literary Supplement *


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Rahel Varnhagen von Ense, née Levin (1771–1833) was a German-Jewish conversationalist who ran one of Berlin’s most influential literary salons. Peter Wortsman is an author of fiction, poetry, stage plays, and nonfiction, including his travel memoir, Ghost Dance in Berlin. His English translations from German include works by Peter Altenberg, Franz Kafka, Heinrich von Kleist, Heinrich Heine, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and Robert Musil. He is based in New York City.  

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