{"product_id":"the-notes-ludwig-hohl-9780300220056","title":"The Notes: Or on Non-Premature Reconciliation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of illuminating observations on life and art, from an acclaimed Swiss modernist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Tess Lewis's] translation is worthy of her willfully demanding subject, leaping between what Hohl calls the 'incandescence' of the aphorism and, in his dream narratives and miniature fairy tales, a shadowy beauty reminiscent of his better-known compatriot Robert Walser.\"--Max Norman, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Notes\u003c\/i\u003e should be celebrated: it is wonderful that this volume of [Hohl's] compact, aphoristic observations has finally arrived in English.\"--Alexandra Sattler, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArts Fuse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Revered by Bertolt Brecht and Max Frisch as one of Switzerland's most commanding writers, Ludwig Hohl spent most of his waking hours with a pen in hand, collecting quotes from others and recording ruminations of his own. Composed between 1934 and 1936 during his residence in the Netherlands in a state of \"extreme spiritual desolation,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Notes\u003c\/i\u003e is Hohl's magnum opus: an assemblage of his epiphany-like observations, disparate in subject yet threaded together by a relentless exploration of the nature and origins of creativity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by Spinoza, Goethe, and many others, \u003ci\u003eThe Notes\u003c\/i\u003e contends with the purpose of work, the vitality of art, and the inevitability of death--a valiant, uncompromising exercise in hope against the devastating backdrop of twentieth-century Europe. This abridged edition, expertly translated by Tess Lewis and with an illuminating foreword by Joshua Cohen, introduces the reader to this remarkable work and its writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ludwig Hohl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300220057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300220056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.04w x 1.34d","brand":"Ludwig Hohl","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057816203519,"sku":"9780300220056","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53da8ffc-7734-452a-a336-013cd7f7efb4.jpg?v=1685049032","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-notes-ludwig-hohl-9780300220056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}