Comedy in a Minor Key
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A penetrating study of ordinary people resisting the Nazi occupation--and, true to its title, a dark comedy of wartime manners--Comedy in a Minor Key tells the story of Wim and Marie, a Dutch couple who first hide a Jew they know as Nico, then must dispose of his body when he dies of pneumonia. This novella, first published in 1947 and now translated into English for the first time, shows Hans Keilson at his best: deeply ironic, penetrating,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374126755
ISBN13:9780374126759
Release Date:July 2010
Publisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.2" x 7.7"
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