My First Wife

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Pub Date 31 Aug 2012 | Archive Date 1 Sep 2012
Penguin UK | Penguin Classics

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A powerful account of a marriage - and its collapse - in a masterful new translation by Michael Hoffmann

Alexander Herzog, a young writer, goes to Vienna to escape his debts and a failed love affair. There he is pursued by book-loving Ganna: giddy, girlish, clumsy, eccentric and wild. Dazzled and unnerved by her devotion to him, and attracted to the large dowry offered by her wealthy father, he thinks he can mould Ganna into what he wants. But no-one can control her troubling passions. As their marriage starts to self-destruct, Herzog will discover that Ganna has resources and determination of which he had no idea - and that he can never escape her.

Posthumously published in 1934 and based on Wassermann's own ruinous marriage, My First Wife bears the unmistakable aura of true and bitter experience. It is a tragic masterpiece that unfolds in shocking detail. Now this story of rare intensity and drama is brought to English readers in a powerful new translation by Michael Hofmann.

We will only be approving UK requests for this title

A powerful account of a marriage - and its collapse - in a masterful new translation by Michael Hoffmann

Alexander Herzog, a young...


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