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"Hofmiller, an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer stationed at the edge of the empire, is invited to a party at the home of a rich local landowner, a world away from the dreary routine of the barracks. The surroundings are glamorous, wine flows freely, and the exhilarated young Hofmiller asks his...
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New York Review Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2006] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English German |
| Series: |
New York Review Books classics
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| Summary: |
"Hofmiller, an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer stationed at the edge of the empire, is invited to a party at the home of a rich local landowner, a world away from the dreary routine of the barracks. The surroundings are glamorous, wine flows freely, and the exhilarated young Hofmiller asks his host's lovely daughter for a dance, only to discover that sickness has left her painfully crippled. It is a minor blunder that will destroy his life, as pity and guilt gradually implicate him in a well-meaning but tragically wrongheaded plot to restore the unhappy invalid to health"--Back cover. |
| Item Description: | Originally published: London : J. Cape, 1982. |
| Carrier Form: | xxxiv, 353 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781590172001 (paperback : alkaline paper) : 1590172000 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | PT2653 |
| CLC: | I521.45 |
| Call Number: | I521.45/Z976-4 |