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Including material that has never before been published, this volume presents the full range of his prolific writing on the art and attitudes of his time, joining existing translations of his children's stories, poetry, and fiction to give new readers unprecedented access to his literary imagination. With an accessible introduction by Megan R. 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Filled with sharp critiques of German life during the Weimar and early Nazi eras, Schwitters' tales are rich with absurdist events and insist that not everyone - and perhaps not anyone - lives happily ever after. In \"Lucky Hans,\" the starving protagonist tries to catch a rabbit only to have it shed its fur like a coat and run off naked into the forest. In other tales, a sarcastic gypsy stands in for a fairy godmother and an army recruit is arrested for growing to monstrous size. \"Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales\" is a delightfully strange and surprising book.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49889005895953,"sku":"GOR013807994","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49923422060817,"sku":"GOR003869265","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50357475541265,"sku":"CIN0691139679G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51844322001169,"sku":"GOR010601948","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0691139679.jpg?v=1750977153"},{"product_id":"kurt-schwitters-artist-philosopher-book-kurt-schwitters-9781872784526","title":"Kurt Schwitters: Artist Philosopher","description":"\u003ci\u003eKurt Schwitters: Artist Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e is published to accompany an exhibition at Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London. 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