Waves

Author:   Eduard von Keyserling
Publisher:   Dedalus Ltd
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9781910213940


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   15 February 2019
Format:   Paperback
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First published on the eve of the First World War, Keyserling's masterpiece offers a vivid portrait of a social world on the verge of dissolution. Gary Miller's new translation will find a new generation of readers for this neglected German classic. A collection of German aristocrats gathers at a seaside village on the Baltic Sea for a summer holiday in the early years of the twentieth century. The characters represent a sort of cross-section of the upper classes of imperial Germany: a philandering baron, his jealous wife, a gallant cavalry officer, the elderly widow of a general, a cynical government official, a lady's companion. Their lives, even on holiday, are regulated by rigid protocol and archaic codes of honour. But their quiet, disciplined world is thrown into disarray by the unexpected presence of Doralice, a young countess who has rebelled against social constraints by escaping from an arranged marriage and running away with a bourgeois artist. AUTHOR: Eduard von Keyserling(1855-1918) was a Baltic German novelist and playwright. His earlier novels were influenced by Naturalism. The later novels are more finely nuanced. Most of his novels are suffused with a certain melancholy and usually feature a clash of the generations. His fiction after 1902, places Keyserling at the forefront of German literary impressionism.

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Author:   Eduard von Keyserling
Publisher:   Dedalus Ltd
Imprint:   Dedalus Ltd
ISBN:  

9781910213940


ISBN 10:   1910213942
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   15 February 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Keyserling understands how to describe a summer afternoon so that as the bright sunshine turns to twilight one has the sensation of a whole lifetime. --Hermann Hesse There are books that are celebrated, and read again and again, long before they find a mass audience. But they linger, they are not forgotten, they lead a quiet and abiding existence, and then one day they are somehow in everyone's hands. --Felix Salten, Bambi For him, art consisted of questioning, kindness, self-discipline, music and dreams. He was never a leader, but he will always be loved. --Thomas Mann


For him, art consisted of questioning, kindness, self-discipline, music and dreams. He was never a leader, but he will always be loved. Thomas Mann Keyserling...understands how to describe a summer afternoon so that as the bright sunshine turns to twilight one has the sensation of a whole lifetime. Hermann Hesse There are books that are celebrated, and read again and again, long before they find a mass audience. But they linger, they are not forgotten, they lead a quiet and abiding existence, and then one day they are somehow in everyone's hands. Felix Salten (the author of Bambi), from his review of Waves


For him, art consisted of questioning, kindness, self-discipline, music and dreams. He was never a leader, but he will always be loved. --Thomas Mann There are books that are celebrated, and read again and again, long before they find a mass audience. But they linger, they are not forgotten, they lead a quiet and abiding existence, and then one day they are somehow in everyone's hands. --Felix Salten, Bambi Keyserling understands how to describe a summer afternoon so that as the bright sunshine turns to twilight one has the sensation of a whole lifetime. --Hermann Hesse


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Eduard von Keyserling(1855-1918) was a Baltic German novelist and playwright. His earlier novels were influenced by Naturalism. The later novels are more finely nuanced. Most of his novels are suffused with a certain melancholy and usually feature a clash of the generations. His fiction after 1902, places Keyserling at the forefront of German literary impressionism. Gary Miller is a senior lecturer in the history department at the University of Massachusetts Boston and an associate professor of liberal arts at Berklee College of Music. He teaches courses in European history and film studies. He has translated Waves by Eduard von Keyserling for Dedalus.

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