Lenz - Georg Buchner Masayoshi Nakajo A half century after its

A half century after its first appearance

As a child during the Second World War the artist experienced the US air attacks on Tokyo and these became important motifs in his art: roaring American bombers

” where they inspect a library

perhaps it’s simply an enigmatic entertainment

He captures the profound strangeness of the dreamer's identity: that anonymous creature who stirs awake at night to experience a warped version of waking life

Lenz - Georg Buchner Masayoshi Nakajo A half century after itsLenz by Georg Buchner, translated by Richard Sieburth ISBN 9780974968025 199 page paperback with flaps from Archipelago Books *** Lenz, Georg Bchners visionary exploration of an 18th century playwrights descent into madness, has been called the inception of European modernist prose. Elias Canetti considered this short novella one of the decisive reading experiences of his life, and writers as various as Paul Celan, Christa Wolff, Peter Schneider, and