On Snow (German: Vom Schnee) is a 2003 long poem by the German writer Durs Grünbein. It has the subtitle or Descartes in Germany (oder Descartes in Deutschland). It focuses on the life of the French philosopher René Descartes. Andreas Nentwich of Die Zeit described it as "a baroque picture arc of war, violence, vanity and a lot of snow".[1]
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Author | Durs Grünbein |
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Original title | Vom Schnee |
Language | German |
Publisher | Suhrkamp Verlag |
Publication date | 15 September 2003 |
Publication place | Germany |
Pages | 144 |
ISBN | 978-3-518-41455-2 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Nentwich, Andreas (2003-10-09). "Die Landschaft dreht sich auf den Rücken". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 2012-04-29.
Ein barocker Bilderbogen aus Krieg, Gewalt, Vanitas und sehr viel Schnee
External links
edit- On Snow at the publisher's website