Hoffmann, E.T.A.
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr: Together with a Fragmentary Biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler on Random Sheets of Waste Paper (Penguin Classics)
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- ISBN 13:
- 9780140446319
- author:
- Hoffmann, E.T.A.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1999
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 13 x 2.1 x 19.8 centimetres (0.2
- Genre:
- 19th century fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr is a unique and humorous novel that tells the story of a self-taught animal who has written his own autobiography. However, a printer's error causes his story to be accidentally mixed and spliced with a book about a composer, resulting in two wildly different characters emerging from the confusion. This blend of two distinct narratives creates a fascinating and bizarre novel that showcases the author's brilliant ability to evoke the fantastical and the ridiculous within everyday life.
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