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Synopsis
Edited by Andreas Fliedner
'The Comprachicos - famously infamous in the seventeenth century, forgotten in the eighteenth century. The Comprachicos - they bought and sold children. And what did they do with these kids? They made monsters out of them. Why monsters? For pleasure. The people want to laugh, the kings too. The street corners need their hanswurst, the royal castles their fools.'
L'homme qui rit, first published in 1869, is reissued here in the first translation by Georg Büchmann presented in the same year, as well as these in four beautifully equipped volumes. This masterpiece of socially critical horror was the template for the legendary film The Man Who Laughs (1928) starring Conrad Veidt. Hugo's figure drawing as well as his portrayal of human suffering in society are unsurpassed to this day.
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- ISBN 10 3944720296
- ISBN 13 9783944720296
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageGerman
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