Bang: A Novel about the Danish Writer
by Dorrit Willumsen
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January 29th, 1912. On a train in Ogden, Utah, a Danish author was found dead. The 54-year-old Herman Bang was en route from New York to San Francisco as part of a reading tour. Having fled his birthplace on the island of Als ahead of the Prussian adTags
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Aufbau Taschenbuch (1669)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Bang: A Novel about the Danish Writer
- Original title
- Bang
- People/Characters*
- Herman Bang
- Important places*
- Alsen, Dänemark
- First words*
- In der Nacht vom 22. zum 23. Januar stieg er im Hotel Astor in der Nähe des Times Square ab, zwei Tage verspätet wegen des Sturms, aber sonst ganz so wie vereinbart.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Der eine war Friseur, und der andere war nach Amerika ausgewandert.
- Original language*
- Dänisch
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Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Historical Fiction, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 839.81374 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Danish and Norwegian literatures Danish Danish fiction 1900–2000 Late 20th century 1945–2000
- LCC
- PT8176.33 .I46 .B35 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Danish literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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- Languages
- 5 — Danish, English, German, Norwegian, Swedish
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