{"product_id":"the-birdsong-papers-paperback","title":"The Birdsong Papers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilhelm Raabe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Ritterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRitchie Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Birdsong Papers\u003c\/em\u003e, which appeared in 1896 as \u003cem\u003eDie Akten des Vogelsangs\u003c\/em\u003e, was Wilhelm Raabe's next-to-last completed narrative. What might be called an anti-Bildungsroman, it is widely considered to be the work that secures Raabe's place as a precursor of German modernist fiction writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts tone is critical of late-nineteenth-century society, both German and American, with its industrial expansion, urbanization, pursuit of wealth, and erosion of conventional values; but this critical tone also produces an uneasy tension for its narrator, Karl Krumhardt, a high-ranking bureaucrat with a stake in the stability of that society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is against that social-critical background that Krumhardt's \u003cem\u003ePapers \u003c\/em\u003erecord a coming to terms with a subject - his longtime friend Velten Andres - whose life both fascinates and profoundly unsettles him. Velten is intelligent, imaginative, idealistic, and full of promise; but he cares nothing about his gifts, chooses self-imposed seclusion over conformity, and carries his individualism to what Jeffrey L. Sammons calls 'a kind of spectacular irrelevance in the conduct of life'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this translation of \u003cem\u003eDie Akten des Vogelsangs\u003c\/em\u003e, the first into English, a major work by one of the most respected German writers of the nineteenth century is made accessible to a new, international readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56243801325873,"sku":"9781781880364","price":38.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/OQVnLD4flY9781781880364.webp?v=1789205070","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/the-birdsong-papers-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}