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Description for War Primer
Paperback. A terrifying series of short poems by one of the world's leading playwrights, set to images of World War II Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AJCR; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
In this singular book written during World War II, the renowned playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht takes photographs from newspapers and popular magazines and puts short epigraph poems to each, in a unique attempt to understand the truth of war using mass media. From catastrophic bombings, to propaganda portraits of leading Nazis, to scenes of unbearable tragedy on the battlefield, this is an anthology of horror, but accompanied by Brecht's razor-sharp deconstruction of what we see, through his taut, angry and direct poems. The result is an outstanding literary memorial to World War II, and also one of the most ... Read more
In this singular book written during World War II, the renowned playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht takes photographs from newspapers and popular magazines and puts short epigraph poems to each, in a unique attempt to understand the truth of war using mass media. From catastrophic bombings, to propaganda portraits of leading Nazis, to scenes of unbearable tragedy on the battlefield, this is an anthology of horror, but accompanied by Brecht's razor-sharp deconstruction of what we see, through his taut, angry and direct poems. The result is an outstanding literary memorial to World War II, and also one of the most ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
367g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784782085
SKU
V9781784782085
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Bertolt Brecht
Bertold Brecht (1898-1956), the German poet and playwright, was forced into exile in 1933, returning from the USA to Switzerland in 1947, and to east Berlin in 1949. One of his country's greatest 20th century poets, among his most famous plays are The Threepenny Opera, Mother Courage, Life of Galileo andThe Caucasian Chalk-Circle.
Reviews for War Primer
An album of pity and anger which fixes the evil of war for all time.
Observer A handsome edition of War Primer, a series of short poems illustrated and inspired by war photographs Brecht clipped from newspapers.
David Edgar, London Review of Books Tender, angry and incisive.
Independent A modern equivalent of Goya. ... Read more
Observer A handsome edition of War Primer, a series of short poems illustrated and inspired by war photographs Brecht clipped from newspapers.
David Edgar, London Review of Books Tender, angry and incisive.
Independent A modern equivalent of Goya. ... Read more