The Death of the Adversary

by Hans Keilson

Book Overview

Written while Hans Keilson was in hiding during World War II, The Death of the Adversary is the self-portrait of a young man helplessly fascinated by an unnamed "adversary" whom he watches rise to power in 1930s Germany. It is a tale of horror, not only in its evocation of Hitler's gathering menace but also in its hero's desperate attempt to discover logic where none exists. A psychological fable as wry and haunting as Badenheim 1939,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374139628
• ISBN13: 9780374139629
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"