Beyond Recall (Unwiederbringlich)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback/softcover in good condition. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Originally published in 1891 as Unwiederbringlich, Beyond Recall is one of Theodor Fontane's most psychologically rich novels, widely regarded as a masterpiece of 19th-century German realism. Set against the aristocratic landscapes of Prussia and Denmark, the novel chronicles the disintegration of a marriage between Count Helmut Holk and his deeply principled wife Christine, as Holk's infatuation with a Danish countess drives their relationship to an irreversible breaking point. Fontane writes with a sharp, ironic wit balanced by profound compassion, dissecting the moral codes and social conventions of his era with surgical precision. Translated here with elegance by Douglas Parmée, this edition makes accessible a work that stands alongside Fontane's celebrated Effi Briest as a devastating portrait of marital failure, desire, and consequence. It remains essential reading for admirers of European literary realism and of novelists such as Tolstoy and Flaubert.
Author: Theodor Fontane
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Oxford University Press
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback/softcover in good condition. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Originally published in 1891 as Unwiederbringlich, Beyond Recall is one of Theodor Fontane's most psychologically rich novels, widely regarded as a masterpiece of 19th-century German realism. Set against the aristocratic landscapes of Prussia and Denmark, the novel chronicles the disintegration of a marriage between Count Helmut Holk and his deeply principled wife Christine, as Holk's infatuation with a Danish countess drives their relationship to an irreversible breaking point. Fontane writes with a sharp, ironic wit balanced by profound compassion, dissecting the moral codes and social conventions of his era with surgical precision. Translated here with elegance by Douglas Parmée, this edition makes accessible a work that stands alongside Fontane's celebrated Effi Briest as a devastating portrait of marital failure, desire, and consequence. It remains essential reading for admirers of European literary realism and of novelists such as Tolstoy and Flaubert.