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A critical and commercial success in German, Kahn & Engelmann tells the story of a Jewish family from rural Hungary, their immigration to Vienna in the great days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, their loves, business ventures and failings, and their eventual tragic destruction. Narrated by Peter Engelmann, who wishes only to forget his past, this highly original novel recreates a vanished Vienna with salty humour and humanity. In a voice which is appealing without being sentimental, Peter describes his escape from the Nazis through snowy woods, his attempts to start a new life in England and Canada, and his decision to immigrate to Israel. Written by an eminent scholar, himself a survivor of Nazism, Kahn & Engelmann is both an entertaining novel and a major work of Holocaust literature.

Hans Eichner has enjoyed a distinguished career as one of North America's most productive and insightful literary scholars. His many publications on the -Goethezeit- and Romanticism (in particular Friedrich Schlegel) are complemented by essays on Nietzsche, Thomas Mann and other modern writers such as Hofmannsthal and Oscar Wilde. Time and again Eichner challenges our traditional views and persuades us to reconsider the conventional wisdom. In prose that is both witty and accessible he brings his keen critical mind to bear on topics such as the interpretation of Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister," the changing image of woman in the age of Romanticism, Eichendorff's treatment of sexuality, and Thomas Mann's debt to Romanticism. This selection from Eichner's prolific output gathers together his most seminal and perceptive essays from over 50 years of publishing. Hans Eichner blickt auf eine vielseitige Karriere als einer der produktivsten und hellsichtigsten Literaturwissenschaftler Nordamerikas zuruck. Die grosse Zahl von Publikationen uber die Goethezeit und die Romantik (insbesondere uber Friedrich Schlegel) wird erganzt durch Aufsatze uber Nietzsche, Thomas Mann und andere moderne Dichter wie Hofmannsthal und Oscar Wilde. In all diesen geistreichen und hochst lesbaren Aufsatzen haben wir es mit einem Kritiker zu tun, der einen frischen Blick auf konventionelle Themen wirft und der uns einladt, althergebrachte Ansichten neu zu untersuchen und literarische Werke -gegen den Strich- zu lesen. So werden neben Goethes "Wilhelm Meister" das wechselnde Bild der Frau in der Romantik, Eichendorffs Darstellung der Sexualitat und Thomas Manns Rezeption der Romantik unter die Lupe genommen. Dieser Band enthalt eine Auswahl von Aufsatzen aus mehr als 50 Jahren."