{"product_id":"the-last-days-of-mankind-the-last-night-9780992905927","title":"The Last Days of Mankind: The Last Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eUntil now, there has never been a full, accurate English translation of the epilogue to \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Mankind\u003c\/i\u003e, German playwright Karl Kraus's early twentieth-century satirical play about the First World War. Yet the play's importance and influence is widely acknowledged and celebrated in Europe, for its uncompromising examination of human folly in the face of war and as a unique act of creativity and imagination, opening drama up to new challenges, techniques, and possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis translation is of the play's verse epilogue, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Night\u003c\/i\u003e, which is a standalone work, and in many ways a distillation of all the material preceding it. A general flees the battlefield, representing all generals and military leaders. War correspondents trying to interview and photograph a dying man represent all war correspondents. Everything that took place in the main work reappears in this epilogue's verse in a moving and compelling summation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Night\u003c\/i\u003e aims to introduce English-speaking readers to Kraus's great play for the first time in one hundred years, and to offer an annotated edition of the text for those who want to use it as a starting point for exploring Kraus's rich, disturbing, and profound world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Russell, Karl Kraus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Forgotten Cities Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780992905927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Russell has had a long career in television drama, and he is the author of the Stefan Gillespie series of historical detective novels, \u003ci\u003eThe City of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe City of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e. He studied English and medieval languages at Oxford and currently lives in West Wicklow, Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forgotten Cities Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43150695366771,"sku":"9.78099E+12","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_431f2ff2-97c6-4edb-a73c-f56dcceb2773.jpg?v=1750770594","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-last-days-of-mankind-the-last-night-9780992905927","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}