{"product_id":"2026200009785-secondhand-self-portrait-and-other-prose-writings","title":"Self-Portrait And Other Prose Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeinrich Heine — poet, satirist, and one of the great literary provocateurs of the nineteenth century — reveals himself in full in Self-Portrait and Other Prose Writings, a curated collection of his most penetrating non-poetic work. Translated and introduced by Frederic Ewen, this volume presents Heine's razor-sharp wit and restless intellect through memoirs, cultural criticism, and reflections that range from biting political commentary to lyrical autobiography. Heine chronicles his own life with the same ironic detachment he applied to the world around him — a German Jew who felt at home nowhere yet belonged everywhere, writing in exile from a Paris that both enchanted and exhausted him.\n\nThe prose gathered here illuminates a thinker who stood at the crossroads of Romanticism and modernity, anticipating the fractured sensibility of the twentieth century with uncanny precision. Ewen's scholarly introduction situates Heine within the broader European intellectual tradition, drawing connections between the man's turbulent biography and the incandescent sentences he left behind. For readers who know Heine only through his verse, this collection is a revelation — and for those who know him well, it is an indispensable companion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130597974235,"sku":"2026200009785-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f469df0b-876b-4f66-801a-93e77ea2ebdc.png?v=1786587141","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009785-secondhand-self-portrait-and-other-prose-writings","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}