War primer
By: Bertolt Brecht ; translated and edited with an afterword and notes by John Willett
Contributors: Willett, John
Publisher: Libris
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Poetry; World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works
Genres: Poetry
Work titles: Kriegsfibel.
Description: "During his exile from his native germany in the Second World War, in Sweden, Finland and in the USA, Brecht cut out striking war photographs from newspapers and magazines, kept them in a portfolio, and, either immediately or later, wrote acerbic, satirical, angry, and often poignant four-line poems to accompany them. The result is an outstanding literary memorial to the Second World War, and also one of the most spontaneous, revealing and moving of Brecht's works"--
Notes: First published in German under the title: Kriegsfibel. Berlin: Eulenspiegel, 1955