The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume I: A Novel, Volume 1

A major literary event, the publication of this masterly translation makes one of the towering works of twentieth—century German literature available to English—speaking readers for the first time. The three—volume novel The Aesthetics of Resistance is the crowning achievement of Peter Weiss, the internationally renowned dramatist best known for his play Marat/Sade. The first volume, presented here, was initially published in Germany in 1975; the third and final volume appeared in 1981, jus...