My marriage
By: Jakob Wassermann ; translated by Michael Hofmann ; introduction by Michael Hofmann
Contributors: Hofmann, Michael, 1957 August 25- translator
Series: New York Review Books classics; New York Review Books classics
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781590179222
Work titles: Ganna
Description: "Alexander Herzog, a young writer, goes to Vienna to escape his debts and a failed love affair. There he is pursued by book-loving Ganna: giddy, girlish, clumsy, eccentric, and wild. Dazzled and unnerved by her devotion to him, and attracted to the large dowry offered by her wealthy father, he thinks he can mold Ganna into what he wants. But no one can control her troubling passions. As their marriage starts to self-destruct, Herzog will discover that he can never escape her. Posthumously published in 1934 and based on Wassermann's own ruinous marriage, My Marriage is a tragic masterpiece that unfolds in shocking detail. This story of rare intensity and drama is now brought to English readers in a powerful translation by Michael Hofmann. "--
Notes: "First published in German, within Joseph Kerkhovens dritte Existenz by Querido, Amsterdam, in 1934. This translation first published by Penguin Classics in 2012"-- Title page verso.