Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths: Selected Aphorisms (Univ of Chicago PR)

Contributor(s): Kraus, Karl (Author), Zohn, Harry (Translator)

ISBN: 9780226452685

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Pub Date: August 15, 1990

Dewey: 838.91202

LCCN: 90037037

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.41" H x 7.76" L x 5.15" W ( 0.35 lbs) 135 pages

BISAC Categories:

Literary Criticism | European | German

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "An aphorism never coincides with the truth: it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths," wrote Kraus. The aphorism was "a sub-genre [Kraus] considered the height of linguistic integrity. . . . With the help of notes and introductions by Zohn, the subtlety and archness of Kraus' linguistic gifts shine through."--Peter Filkins, Bloomsbury Review

"Kraus is a superb aphorist."--D. J. Enright, New York Review of Books

Brief description: Karl Kraus (1874-1936) was publisher of the independent Viennese journal Die Fackel.