Franziska

Informationen zum Autor Ernst Weiss was born in 1884 in Brünn (now Brno) in Bohemia. He worked as a doctor and served in World War I. In 1938 Weiss emigrated to France. He committed suicide in 1940! the day the German troops entered Paris. Weiss novels show expressionistic and surrealist tendencies! often expressing violent perverted sexual impulses and marked by deep pessimism! owing something to Weiss' friend Franz Kafka. Klappentext Following the death of her mother, Franziska turns away from love in order to pursue a career as a concert pianist. She goes on from a humble home in a small Czech town, to Prague and a life that does not conform in any way to convention. It all ends in Berlin, with a bitter lesson learned: the fragility of life, and how debilitating love can be.A tragic story of love, obsession and the power of music Zusammenfassung Following the death of her mother! Franziska turns away from love in order to pursue a career as a concert pianist. She goes on from a humble home in a small Czech town! to Prague and a life that does not conform in any way to convention. It all ends in Berlin! with a bitter lesson learned: the fragility of life! and how debilitating love can be.

Product details

• Authors: Weiss Ernst, Ernst Weiss, Ernst (Author) Weiss
• Assisted by: Anthea Bell (Translation), Anthea (Translator (GER)) Bell (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2008
• EAN: 9781901285789
• ISBN: 978-1-901285-78-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Pushkin Collection; Pushkin Collection
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature