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Peter Schlemiel: The Man Who Sold His Shadow
Peter Schlemiel The Man Who Sold His Shadow Author:Adelbert Von Chamisso, Peter Wortsman (Translator) Asked which book by another author he would most like to claim as his own work, Italo Calvino once said without hesitation, Adelbert von Chamisso's "Peter Schlemiel." First published in 1814, this brilliant novel is not only a precursor of Poe, Kafka, and the magic realists -- it is a timeless fable with a remarkably contemporary f... more »lavor.
When a mysterious man in a gray coat asks Peter Schlemiel if he wouild sell him his shadow, that "lovely, lovely shadow" of his, he naturally thinks the man must be mad. But then the stranger makes him an offer he can't refuse.
In return for his shadow, Schlemiel receives a neverending source of riches, and he is convinced he is on the road to happiness. Yet he finds that without a shadow he is rejected by society and unable to find the fulfillment of love. After a series of fantastic adventures, Peter Schlemiehl realizes that he must discover a new way to give his life meaning if he is to go on in the world.« less
ISBN-13: 9780880641425 ISBN-10: 0880641428 Publication Date: 5/1993 Pages:87 Edition:1st U.S. ed Rating: