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How German Is It

by Walter Abish

PEN/Faulkner Award · 1981 · WinnerPEN/Faulkner Award · 1981 · Winner
Literary FictionISBN 9780571130078

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About the Author

Walter AbishAmerican

Walter Abish (1931–2022) was an Austrian-born American author of experimental novels and short stories. Born in Vienna to a Jewish family, he fled Nazi persecution as a child, living in Shanghai, Israel, and settling in the U.S. in 1957, where he became a citizen in 1960. Read more →

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