An extraordinary masterpiece of German literature, now in a gripping new English translation
Michael Kohlhaas has been wronged. First his finest horses were unfairly confiscated and mistreated. And things keep going worseâhis servants have been beaten, his wife killed, and the lawsuits he pursues are stymiedâbut Kohlhaas, determined to find justice at all costs, tirelessly persists. Standing up against the bureaucratic machine of the empire, Kohlhaas becomes an indomitable figure that you canât help rooting for from start to finish.
Knotty, darkly comical, magnificent in its weirdness, and one of the greatest and most influential tales in German literature, this short novel, first published in German in 1810, is now available in award-winning Michael Hofmannâs sparkling new English translation.
Michael Kohlhaas - Heinrich von Kleist & Michael Hofmann
An extraordinary masterpiece of German literature, now in a gripping new English translation
Michael Kohlhaas has been wronged. First his finest horses were unfairly confiscated and mistreated. And things keep going worseâhis servants have been beaten, his wife killed, and the lawsuits he pursues are stymiedâbut Kohlhaas, determined to find justice at all costs, tirelessly persists. Standing up against the bureaucratic machine of the empire, Kohlhaas becomes an indomitable figure that you canât help rooting for from start to finish.
Knotty, darkly comical, magnificent in its weirdness, and one of the greatest and most influential tales in German literature, this short novel, first published in German in 1810, is now available in award-winning Michael Hofmannâs sparkling new English translation.