ZWEIG, Arnold
THE DISPUTE OVER SERGEANT GRISZA
Warsaw 1930, "Rój" Publishing Society, p. 506, [4]; size 12.5x18.5 cm
HARDCOVER CLOTH BINDING WITH GOLD EMBOSSING
1st ed.
Arnold Zweig—a writer of Jewish descent born in Poland—fought in World War I and became a staunch pacifist. Zweig’s best-known works are the novels in the series *The Great War of the White Men*. *The Dispute Over Sergeant Grisha* is a novel that is part of this series.
"The novel *The Dispute Over Sergeant Grisha* is the middle part of a triptych titled *The Trilogy of the Transitional Era* . It is preceded in terms of time and plot by the novel *Education at Verdun* (Bertin), and followed by *The Coronation* (Winfried). “The Dispute Over Sergeant Grisha,” whose content is not fictional, was first outlined in 1916, adapted into a play in 1921, and written as a novel in 1926.”
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Condition: DB+/slightly worn cover
