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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
560 pages • first pub 1669 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141982113
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The first great German novel – an extraordinary recreation of the horrors of the Thirty Years War, written by a veteran of the conflict. First published in 1668, Simplicissimus tells the picaresque, brilliantly described adventures of a boy swept ...
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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
560 pages • first pub 1669 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141982113
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The first great German novel – an extraordinary recreation of the horrors of the Thirty Years War, written by a veteran of the conflict. First published in 1668, Simplicissimus tells the picaresque, brilliantly described adventures of a boy swept ...