The Author of Himself: The Life of Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Softcover

Reich-Ranicki, Marcel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753813882 ISBN 13: 9780753813881

Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2002

Synopsis

In its subtlety, intelligence and clear-headedness, Marcel Reich-Ranicki's account of the Warsaw Ghetto, the concentration camps, the relations between Poles and Jews, Poles and Poles, and the Germans, is one of the most compelling and dramatic ever recorded. After the war, Reich-Ranicki joined the Polish Communist Party, for which he performed secret intelligence work. He then spent two years in London at the Polish embassy, during which time he fell out with the Communist Party. He returned to Germany, where his rise was meteoric: first as a book reviewer and then on to national celebrity, as the Culture Czar on the influential FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG. As well as being an account of a remarkable life, this book is also a love letter to literature and the theatre, and an indispensable guide to twentieth-century German literature.

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About the Author

Marcel Reich-Ranicki is a leading cultural figure in Germany. He is the presenter of the high quality prime-time television programme, Das Literarische Quartett.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753813882
• ISBN 13: 9780753813881
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416