The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr (Penguin Classics)

By: E. T. A. Hoffman

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Synopsis: Tomcat Murr is a loveable, self-taught animal who has written his own autobiography. But a printer's error causes his story to be accidentally mixed and spliced with a book about the composer Johannes Kreisler. As the two versions break off and alternate at dramatic moments, two wildly different characters emerge from the confusion - Murr, the confident scholar, lover, carouser and brawler, and the moody, hypochondriac genius Kreisler. In his exuberant and bizarre novel, Hoffmann brilliantly evokes the fantastic, the ridiculous and the sublime within the humdrum bustle of daily life, making The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr (1820-22) one of the funniest and strangest novels of the nineteenth century.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 350 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780140446319
Publisher:: Penguin Books, Limited
Date of Addition:: 04/20/20
Copyrighted By:: Anthea Bell
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Animals, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Humor, Music
Submitted By:: Kestrell
Proofread By:: Seth Lerch
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Introduction by:: Jeremy Adler
Translator:: Anthea Bell