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Book Title
Tearaway
Publication Name
Tearaway
Title
Tearaway
Author
Hans Jakob Christoph Von Grimmelshausen
Translator
Mike Mitchell
Contributor
Mike Mitchell (Translated by)
Format
Trade Paperback
EAN
9781903517185
ISBN
9781903517185
Publisher
Dedalus Books The Limited
Genre
Art, Fiction
Topic
General, Historical
Release Date
24/03/2003
Release Year
2003
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Length
9in
Publication Year
2015
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Number of Pages
168 Pages

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'The author', the ageing Simplicissimus and his former comrade Tearaway (a character from Simplicissimus) happen to meet in a village inn. First of all 'the author' describes how he was caught by Courage and her band of gypsies and conned into writing her life-story for her. In the main part of the novel, Tearaway then recounts his adventurous life, which takes him through the horrors of the Thirty Years' War and then to Hungary to fight against the Turks, later to Italy and Greece. He ends up as a one-legged fiddler, travelling round Germany, playing, begging, stealing and cheating. The narrative includes tales of trickery, sorcery and magic, some revolving round Tearaway's wife, who discovers a magic bird's nest which makes her invisible and which she uses it for various escapades, including cuckolding Tearaway, until she is caught and killed. Despite the fantastic elements of some episodes, the novel is told in the same down-to-earth, often earthy style of Grimmelshausen's other novels.

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Publisher
Dedalus Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1903517184
ISBN-13
9781903517185
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2317306

Product Key Features

Book Title
Tearaway
Author
Hans Jakob Christoph Von Grimmelshausen
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Historical
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Art, Fiction
Number of Pages
168 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pt1731.A7
Reviews
'Johann Grimmelshausen was born in early 17th century Germany and fought in the Thirty Years War before becoming a writer, flavouring his memoirs with a sense of the fantastical story and fascinating yarn. Tearaway is the sequel to the German classic Simplicissimus which recounted the life of the author in the war and his many escapades across Europe involving his wife,fellow soldiers and any number of unlikely characters from the west coast of France to the eastern borders of Turkey. Eventually destined to live his remaining days as a one legged fiddler begging, stealing and cheating his way across his homeland he certainly lived a life getting there,however unlikely may be some of the tales he tells.' Buzz Magazine, 'Tearaway first published in 1670, is the third Johann Grimmelshausen novel to feature Simplicius and tells of the further encounters and exploits of this rather brazen traveller, with the horrors of the Thirty Years War looming in the background. Written in a direct narrative, the prose is just as engaging 333 years on.' Ian Maxen in What's on in London
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes

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