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How German is it : a novel

Title
How German is it : a novel / by Walter Abish.
Author
Abish, Walter
Publication
New York : New Directions Books, 1980.

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TextRestricted use Berg Coll 22-504Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
  • Strohbach, Hermann (Designer)
  • New Directions Publishing, publisher.
  • James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Description
252 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
Ulrich Hargenau testifies against fellow members of a German terrorist group in order to save himself and his wife, Paula, and contemplates the nature of his German heritage.
Series Statement
  • A New Directions paperbook ; NDP508
  • New Directions book
Uniform Title
New Directions paperbook ; NDP508.
Alternative Title
  • Wie Deutsch ist es
  • How German is it
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Married people > Fiction
  • Brothers > Fiction
  • American fiction > 20th century
  • Married people
  • Marital status
  • Brothers
  • American fiction
  • Germany > Fiction
  • Germany
Genre/Form
  • Fiction.
  • Detective and mystery fiction.
  • Novels.
  • Dust jackets (Binding) – New York – United States – 20th century.
Note
  • "First published clothbound and as New Directions paperbook 508 in 1980"--Title page verso.
  • "A New Directions book" -- title page.
  • "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.
Indexed In (note)
  • Hubin, A.J. Crime fiction, 1749-1990
  • Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
Binding (note)
  • bound in publishers' teal cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Herman Strohbach, photographs of Walter Abish by Cecile Abish and Kenneth Feldman.
Call Number
Berg Coll 22-504
ISBN
  • 0811207757
  • 9780811207751
  • 0811207765
  • 9780811207768
LCCN
80020838
OCLC
6648717
Author
Abish, Walter, author.
Title
How German is it : a novel / by Walter Abish.
Publisher
New York : New Directions Books, 1980.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Creator/Contributor Characteristics
Men
Series
A New Directions paperbook ; NDP508
New Directions book
New Directions paperbook ; NDP508.
Indexed In:
Hubin, A.J. Crime fiction, 1749-1990, p. 2
Indexed In:
Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, p. 100
Binding
Copy in Berg Coll 22-504 bound in publishers' teal cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Herman Strohbach, photographs of Walter Abish by Cecile Abish and Kenneth Feldman. NN
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 22-504 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
Strohbach, Hermann (Designer), cover designer.
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
Javitch, Daniel, donor.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Research Call Number
Berg Coll 22-504
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