The Story of World War II

Graff, Stewart,

ISBN 10: 0394620534 / ISBN 13: 9780394620534

Published by Random House, Inc./New York,, 1978

About this Item

soft cover, front hinge is cracking, 88 pages including index, 6 x 8 inches, first edition, good + book condition, no dust jacket, non-fiction,

Seller Inventory # D 3439

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Story of World War II
• Publisher: Random House, Inc./New York,
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394620534
• ISBN 13: 9780394620534
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • war,

About this title

Synopsis

Satirical stories deal with superstition, bureaucracy, propaganda, appearance and reality, courtship, marriage, class structure, and education

Review

Extraordinary . . . Mrozek's brief fables are something like Kafka's stories, but they're funnier (Spectator)

The satiric intent is unambiguous, and offers hope to the oppressed mind...so deft and so piercing (Nicholas Lezard Guardian)

[The series] sheds remarkable light on the literature, culture and politics of the region...anyone coming fresh to the field will be captivated by the richness, variety, humour and pathos of a classic literature that, through a shared historical experience, transcends national and linguistic boundaries. (CJ Schüler Independent on Sunday)

This [series] is a wonderful idea ... They are absurdist parables, by turns hilarious, unsettling and enigmatic. (Nicholas Lezard Guardian)

I urge you to go and read them. (Adam Thirlwell New Statesman)

This new series of Central European Classics is important well beyond simply providing 'good reads'. (Stephen Vizinczey Daily Telegraph)