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Loading... The Adventures of a Simpletonby Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  yarb | Nov 22, 2008 |  German Classic  Budz888 | May 31, 2008 | REENACTORS NOTE (16th Century) Warning, the book is based in the Thrity Years War! 249 pages: Set in a period after our own, this book is most likely a compilation of 'soldiers tales' told around the camp fires of Grimmelshausen's army youth. Simplicius is the prototype for the ideal soldier; always escaping his bad luck by the skin of his teeth, ranging from rich to poor in a matter of days, winning women, money and fame along the way. A great read, but should not be considered as 'primary' source material. (  ) hsifeng | Mar 27, 2008 | An author who can make the Thirty Years War humorous desires great praise! (  ) Ammianus | Nov 29, 2006 | Very disturbing accounts of the Thirty Years' War in Germany told from the point of view of a child, who grows up and continues life as one who takes advantage of situations as they come up. This and Mother Courage are works that authors such as Bertolt Brecht and Gunter Grass draw from in their own works. (  ) tsinandali | Oct 29, 2005 |  no reviews | add a review
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I read a recent translation by Mike Mitchell which managed to modernise the language without occluding the temper of the time (although bizarrely "gaol" was copy-edited to "goal" throughout). Ought to be much more widely-read: it's not a difficult read by any means. (