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Brief an Lord Liszt

by Martin Walser (1982)

About this book

A novel centering around a letter from Franz Horn to Dr. Liszt, a colleague whose rise had been reason for Horn{u2019}s attempted suicide. Liszt, experiencing his own impending demotion, tried to enlist the friendship of Horn, but experiences an explosion of hostility as Horn relates the cruel rise of Liszt and the six laws of social physics that forever separate the successful from those who are not successful. The book is an indictment of the commercialism and anti-individualism of German society in the 1960s and 1970s.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreBrief an Lord Liszt Lead Character

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