Problematic This really does need some serious work First of all Wittgenstein s Nephew is not at least in the German speaking world considered a novel it is a continuation of his autobiographical work and is only about 160 or so pages long The German publisher considers it autobiography and I have heard it described as well as an Erz hlung or short story Much of the critical description is also as the anonymous poster above wrote misguided and perhaps even pompous The designation as low importance might be applicable in the English speaking world but this is a pretty serious work by a highly influential German speaking author I m going to go ahead an make some changes I d be glad to discuss them if anyone finds them unacceptable