A text edition of the bestselling East German novel, divided into 14 short chapters to facilitate use as a language reader in German classes at the intermediate level and above. Contains questions, extensive annotation, a vocabulary list, and the text of an interview with Plenzdorf. An introduction by the editor discusses Plenzdorf's personality and career, the reception and dramatic versions of his book, the novel's structure, the relation of the book to WERTHER and CATCHER IN THE RYE, and the importance of the ``achievement principle'' as a theme in the story.

Die Neuen Leiden Des Jungen W

Plenzdorf, Ulrich

wiley

The new sufferings of young W: A novel

Literature & Fiction

F. Ungar Pub. Co.

Edgar, a seventeen-year-old "model youth," fed up with conformity, drops out and runs away to Berlin to pursue the things he has always wanted to do

The New Sufferings of Young W.: A Novel (English and German Edition)

UNKNO

Edgar Wibeau, seventeen years old, has died on Christmas Eve in an unfortunate accident involving electricity. His father, who left the family when Edgard was five, interrogates those close to him, to find out what exactly happened - and who his son really was. Helpfully for the reader, Edgar himself punctuates the father's conversations with his mother, best friend Willi, and Charlie, the woman with whom Edgar was unhappily in love, to give us his version of events from beyond the grave - and a story magically reminiscent of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther and Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye unfolds before our eyes. Originally conceived as a screenplay, Plenzdorf's modern classic was first published in East Germany in 1973. A satire about the cultural and social limits of the GDR, it has long been a set text in German schools, and its critical and popular success remains unabated.

The New Sorrows of Young W. (Pushkin Collection)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Pushkin Collection

Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.

Paperback version of Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.  In German.

Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.: Handreichungen für den Unterricht. Unterrichtsvorschläge und Kopiervorlagen

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Cornelsen Verlag GmbH

Die neuen Leiden des jungen W (German Edition)

Suhrkamp

Contemporary

Suhrkamp Verlag

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