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The return of Munchausen

Summary: First inspired in the eighteenth century by the tall tales of the real Baron Hieronymus von Münchausen, the legend of Baron Münchausen--as transmitted and transformed by Rudolf Erich Raspe and Gottfried August Bürger--soon eclipsed the fame of his living counterpart and has captivated the European imagination ever since.

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  • ISBN: 9781681370286 (paperback : alkaline paper) :
  • Physical Description: print
    xii, 140 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : New York Review Books, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: Every baron has his flights of fancy -- Smoke that roars -- Kant's coeval -- In partes infidelium -- The devil in a droshky -- The theory of improbability -- The hermit of Bodenwerder -- The truth that dodged the man.
Language Note:
Translated from the Russian.
Subject: Characters and characteristics in literature -- Fiction
Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Intelligence officers -- Germany -- Fiction
Espionage, German -- Soviet Union -- Fiction
Soviet Union -- History -- 1917-1936 -- Fiction
Genre: Russian fiction.
Spy fiction.
Satirical literature.
Romans à clef.
Novellas.

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Williams Lake Branch KRZ (Text) 33923005768589 General Fiction Volume hold Available -

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1001 . ‡aKrzhizhanovskiĭ, Sigizmund, ‡d1887-1950, ‡eauthor.
24010. ‡aVozvrashchenie Miı̐ uı̐Łnkhgauzena. ‡lEnglish
24514. ‡aThe return of Munchausen / ‡cSigizmund Krzhizhanovsky ; translated from the Russian by Joanne Turnbull with Nikolai Formozov.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bNew York Review Books, ‡c[2016]
300 . ‡axii, 140 pages ; ‡c21 cm.
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
4901 . ‡aNew York Review Books classics
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references.
50500. ‡tEvery baron has his flights of fancy -- ‡tSmoke that roars -- ‡tKant's coeval -- ‡tIn partes infidelium -- The ‡tdevil in a droshky -- The ‡ttheory of improbability -- The ‡thermit of Bodenwerder -- The ‡ttruth that dodged the man.
520 . ‡aFirst inspired in the eighteenth century by the tall tales of the real Baron Hieronymus von Münchausen, the legend of Baron Münchausen--as transmitted and transformed by Rudolf Erich Raspe and Gottfried August Bürger--soon eclipsed the fame of his living counterpart and has captivated the European imagination ever since.
546 . ‡aTranslated from the Russian.
650 0. ‡aCharacters and characteristics in literature ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aIntelligence service ‡zGreat Britain ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aIntelligence officers ‡zGermany ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aEspionage, German ‡zSoviet Union ‡vFiction.
651 0. ‡aSoviet Union ‡xHistory ‡y1917-1936 ‡vFiction.
655 0. ‡aRussian fiction.
655 7. ‡aSpy fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aSatirical literature. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aRomans à clef. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aNovellas. ‡2lcgft
830 0. ‡aNew York Review Books classics.
901 . ‡a118331353 ‡bSystem Local ‡c118331353 ‡tbiblio
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