The Last Days of Mankind by Karl Kraus, Franz H. Mautner, Frederick Ungar

The Last Days of Mankind

Karl Kraus, Franz H. Mautner, Frederick Ungar

263 pages first pub 1918 (editions)

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Description

Kraus' masterpiece is generally considered to be the massive satirical play about the First World War, which combines dialogue from contemporary documents with apocalyptic fantasy and commentary from two characters called "the Grumbler" and "the O...

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Moods

challenging 100%
dark 100%
tense 100%
emotional 50%
funny 50%
informative 50%
reflective 50%
sad 50%

Pace

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