The life and opinions of the Tomcat Murr : together with a fragmentary biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler on random sheets of waste paper
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Bell, Anthea, translator.
Adler, Jeremy D., writer of introduction.
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Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
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xxxiii, [i], 349 pages : ill. ; 20 cm.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxii-[xxxiv]).
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"Tomcat Murr is a loveable, self-taught animal who has written his own autobiography. But a printer's error causes his story to be accidentally mixed and spliced with a book about the composer Johannes Kreisler. As the two versions break off and alternate at dramatic moments, two wildly different characters emerge from the confusion - Murr, the confident scholar, lover, carouser and brawler, and the moody, hypochondriac genius Kreisler. In his exuberant and bizarre novel, Hoffmann brilliantly evokes the fantastic, the ridiculous and the sublime within the humdrum bustle of daily life, making "The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr" (1820-22) one of the funniest and strangest novels of the nineteenth century."--Publisher.
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Translated from the German.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hoffmann, E. T. A. 1., Bell, A., & Adler, J. D. (1999). The life and opinions of the Tomcat Murr: together with a fragmentary biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler on random sheets of waste paper . Penguin.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hoffmann, E. T. A. 1776-1822, Anthea, Bell and Jeremy D., Adler. 1999. The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr: Together With a Fragmentary Biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler On Random Sheets of Waste Paper. Penguin.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hoffmann, E. T. A. 1776-1822, Anthea, Bell and Jeremy D., Adler. The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr: Together With a Fragmentary Biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler On Random Sheets of Waste Paper Penguin, 1999.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hoffmann, E. T. A. 1776-1822,, Anthea Bell, and Jeremy D. Adler. The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr: Together With a Fragmentary Biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler On Random Sheets of Waste Paper Penguin, 1999.

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