Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Personal Information
Description
German author, poet, translator and editor
Books
Mausoleum
Angered when Newbury, Connecticut's three-hundred-year-old cemetery is invaded by an eyesore of a mausoleum belonging to newcomer Brian Groses, Ben Abbott launches a personal investigation when Brian's body is found in his monument, the victim of a shooting.
Selected poems
Critical essays
Where were you, Robert?
A German teenager begins to lose his identity and any hope of returning to the present when his time-traveling journeys take him further and further into the past.
Der Zahlenteufel
Annoyed with his math teacher who assigns word problems and won't let him use a calculator, twelve-year-old Robert finds help from the number devil in his dreams.
Chicago-ballade
À travers la vie d'Al Capone, voici une réflexion sur la prohibition et ses effets réels :de 1925 à 1931, Alfonso Caponi dit Al Capone régna en maître absolu sur Chicago, instaurant une véritable dictature fondée sur la terreur et devenant ainsi la figure emblématique de l'un des mythes du 20e siècle, celui du gangster. Dans cet essai, l'auteur montre comment s'est mise en place, à la faveur de la prohibition et grâce à l'usage systématique de la corruption et du meurtre, une vraie contre-société criminelle dont l'actuel crime organisé américain est l'héritier.
