Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann, Paperback by Hoffmann, E. T. A.; Kent, Leonard J....
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Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann, Paperback by Hoffmann, E. T. A.; Kent, Leonard J..... "The translators have proved fully equal to all the challenges of Hoffmann's romantic irony and his richly allusive prose, giving us an accurate and idiomatic rendering that also retains much of the original flavor.". Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann, Paperback by Hoffmann, E. T. A.; Kent, Leonard J. (EDT); Knight, Elizabeth C. (EDT), ISBN 0226347893, ISBN-13 9780226347899, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US Ranging from macabre fantasies to fairy tales and tales of crime, these stories from the author of The Nutcracker create a rich fictional world. Hoffman paints a complex vision of humanity, where people struggle to establish identities in a hostile, absurd world. "The editors have made an excellent selection, and the result is a book of great distinction."&;Denis Donoghue, New York Review of Books "The translators have proved fully equal to all the challenges of Hoffmann's romantic irony and his richly allusive prose, giving us an accurate and idiomatic rendering that also retains much of the original flavor."&;Harry Zohn, Saturday Review
