0820400645 Hardcover, no dust jacket, laminated paper covers, 216 pages, Peter Lang publishers, part of a series (American University Studies, Series I Germanic Languages and Literature Vol. 28), 1985 copyright, ISBN: 0820400645. Title: The Novel and the Nazi Past, author: Donna K. Reed. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. Where available, a photo of the actual cover has been provided instead of a stock photo. Condition description: very light use, clean copy for textbook, no dust jacket found, simple green and white colored design on cover. Former owner's address label on inside of front cover, bookseller's light rubber price stamp in black on first page, typical of college bookstore. From the back of the book: The Novel and the Nazi Fast investigates a widespread concern in postwar German fiction, focusing on three major works: Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus, Grass's Tin Drum, and Böll's Billiards at Half-Past Nine. An Introduction outlines initial postwar efforts to come to grips with the Third Reich, and an Epilogue examines the continuing confrontation after the three classics in works of the '60s and ''70s, discussing especially Handke's A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, Johnson's Anniversaries, and Christa Wolfs Patterns of Childhood. This study draws upon historical and sociological analysis of Nazism to better understand literary treatment of the subject. From such an interdisciplinary perspective the book compares and contrasts six outstanding fictional attempts to come to terms with the Nazi past. The novice will find this book informative, and the specialist will find it provocative. *