Bibliograph

Autobiography of Solomon Maimon, the complete translation, edited by Yitzhak Y. Melamed and Abraham P. Socher ; translated by Paul Reitter ; with an afterword by Gideon Freudenthal

Type

Label

Autobiography of Solomon Maimon, the complete translation, edited by Yitzhak Y. Melamed and Abraham P. Socher ; translated by Paul Reitter ; with an afterword by Gideon Freudenthal

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Autobiography of Solomon Maimon

Oclc number

1082265417

Responsibility statement

edited by Yitzhak Y. Melamed and Abraham P. Socher ; translated by Paul Reitter ; with an afterword by Gideon Freudenthal

Sub title

the complete translation

Summary

Solomon Maimon's autobiography has delighted readers for more than two hundred years, from Goethe, Schiller, and George Eliot to Walter Benjamin and Hannah Arendt. The American poet and critic Adam Kirsch has named it one of the most crucial Jewish books of modern times. Here is the first complete and annotated English edition of this enduring and lively work

Target audience

adult

Contributor

Creator