The Death of the Adversary

Written while Hans Keilson was in hiding during World War II, The Death of the Adversary is the self-portrait of a young man helplessly fascinated by an unnamed "adversary" whom he watches rise to power in 1930s Germany. It is a tale of horror, not only in its evocation of Hitler's gathering menace but also in its hero's desperate attempt to discover logic where none exists. A psychological fable as wry and haunting as Badenheim 1939, The Death of the Adversary is a lost classic of modern fiction.

Author: Hans Keilson
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Published: 07/20/2010
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.42w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780374139629

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2010
New York Times Book Review 08/08/2010 pg. 1
New York Times Book Review 08/15/2010 pg. 18

About the Author

Hans Keilson is the author of Comedy in a Minor Key. Born in Germany in 1909, he published his first novel in 1933. During World War II he joined the Dutch resistance. Later, as a psychotherapist, he pioneered the treatment of war trauma in children. In a 2010 New York Times review, Francine Prose called Keilson a "genius" and "one of the world's very greatest writers." He died in 2011 at the age of 101.

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