DAS KIND UND DIE WUNDMALE; Roman
1928 · Berlin
by HOHENSTEIN, Lily
Berlin: Deutsche Buchgemeinschaft, 1928. Masjutin. 8vo, pp. 444. In German. Foreword by Paul Ernst. Gray paper over boards, with hand-painted picture in blue, sienna and black by Masjutin on front, white spine stamped in gilt. Cover little soiled, small tears at end of spine, o/w VG. This was awarded the Youth Prize of German Novelists for 1928. The author gives a fascinating portrait of her hero, Heinrich Faber, and this characteristic reminds Paul Ernst of Goncharov's Oblomov. Among the author's major publications, mostly books on German poets, are: Ilse Bandelsloh (1934), Schiller (1944 and 1954), Adalbert Stifter (1952), Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1957) and Ich, Wolfram von Eschenbach (1958). (Inventory #: 30456)