Simplicissimus (Rev) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781903517420)

Mike Mitchell's new translation replaces S. Goodrich's 1912 version of the first German bestselling novel. Simplicissimus is the eternal innocent, caught in the middle of the Thirty Years War.

The novel follows a boy from the Spessart named Simplicius in the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War as he grows up in the depraved environment and joins the armies of both warring sides, switching allegiances several times. Born to an illiterate peasant family, he is separated from his home by foraging dragoons and is eventually adopted by a forest hermit. He is conscripted at a young age into service, and from there embarks on years of foraging, military triumph, wealth, prostitution, disease, travels to Russia, and countless other adventures.

Author: Grimmelshaus Hans Jakob Christoffel Von
ISBN-10: 1903517427
ISBN-13: 9781903517420
Publisher: Dedalus
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2006
Pages: 433
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 1.30d