Simplicius Simplicissimus - H J C Grimmelshausen Taschenbuch

Simplicius Simplicissimus - the towering achievement of H.J.C. von Grimmelshausen one of the earliest novelists in the German language - charts the adventures of its hero Simplicius through the horrors of battle murder fire and famine offering an invaluable eyewitness account of the Thirty Years' War and showing how humanity can in the end triumph over brutality A work of great poetical beauty and satirical strength and a lasting historical document of timeless value Simplicius Simplicissimus is one of the greatest picaresque novels in the Western canon.