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by Hans Keilson

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Written while Hans Keilson was in hiding during World War II, The Death of the Adversary is the self-portrait of a young man helplessly fascinated by an unnamed "adversary" whom he watches rise to power in 1930s Germany. It is a tale of horror, not only in its evocation of Hitler's gathering menace but also in its hero's desperate attempt to discover logic where none exists. A psychological fable as wry and haunting as Badenheim 1939, The Death of the Adversary is a lost classic of modern fiction.

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  • Title The Death of the Adversary
  • Author Hans Keilson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl, New York
  • Publication date 2010-07-20
  • ISBN 9780374139629 / 0374139628
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.24 x 5.42 x 0.58 in (20.93 x 13.77 x 1.47 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Germany
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
    • Topical: Holocaust
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Psychological fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010921853
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/2010, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 08/08/2010, Page 1

About the author

Hans Keilson is the author of Comedy in a Minor Key. Born in Germany in 1909, he published his first novel in 1933. During World War II he joined the Dutch resistance. Later, as a psychotherapist, he pioneered the treatment of war trauma in children. In a 2010 New York Times review, Francine Prose called Keilson a "genius" and "one of the world's very greatest writers." He died in 2011 at the age of 101.

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