Re: Von Salomon, Das Schicksal

[Ulrich Oswald <dear@ulri.ch>]

Gary Kern wrote:
> 
> Ulrich Oswald wrote:
> >
> > Ulrich Oswald wrote:
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> > For me the best of v. Salomon is DAS SCHICKSAL DES A.D., a very short
> > novel on how a sincere (but little dumb) German officer of that
> > generation could get 30 years imprisonement (from 1925 until 1955) while
> > being totally innocent, just by a literarly tragic entanglement into the
> > dark forces of his time.
> >
> > Ulrich
> ****************************
> Ulrich,
> 
> Is Das Schicksal translated into English, and how short is it?  I am
> looking for a work in German 60-70 pages that would be suitable for a
> bilingual publication--i.e., 120-140 pages (but 140-200 is also
> possible).  Xenos Books, with which I am associated, does such
> publications, but so far has only Spanish-English and Italian-English;
> it needs a German-English, and Salomon's book sounds interesting.
> Jünger's works are out, because I anticipate problems with his agent,
> his publisher, etc.  Xenos is very small.  Click the link above for
> Xenos Books.
> 
> GK

Dear Gary

If I remember rightly DAS SCHICKSAL DES A.D. covers just about 90 pages
or so. It appeared in the late fifties at Rowohlt's and is out of print
today. You should get in contact with Rowohlt's and see if they have a
copy left somewhere. 

Ulrich