Kethrine

by Hans Habe

Hardcover book. Previous owners name written on the inside flyleaf. Dist jacket is torn on the inside cover. Outer edges show wear. Minimal tanning and slight musty odor from storage. Second Printing.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1943

About the author

Janos Békessy, better known under his pen name Hans Habe (12 February 1911, Budapest – 29 September 1977, Locarno) was an Hungarian-Austrian writer and newspaper publisher. From 1941, he held U.S. citizenship. Habe used also the pseudonyms Antonio Corte, Frank Richard, Frederick Gert, John Richler, Hans Wolfgang, and Robert Pilchowski.

Habe was born as Janos Békessy in Budapest, then capital of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His parents, Imre Békessy and Bianca Marton, were of Jewish origin but converted to the Christian (Protestant) faith.[citation needed] After World War I the family moved to Vienna where his father published one of the first daily tabloids, Die Stunde (The Hour), from 1923 to 1926. János was educated at the Franz-Joseph-Gymnasium between 1921 and 1929. Afterwards he started to study Law and German Literature at Heidelberg, but returned soon to Vienna because of the growing Anti-Semitism in Germany.

Reviews

[Mike Orta · Rating 5 out of 5]

A mistress works to ensure her marriageable daughter is accepted into high Parisian society. This would on the surface would seem to a silly story until you realize the setting is Paris leading up to WWII and it was written during the war by an Austrian who lived and experienced the war. There is a lot of meaning of life written on these pages.

[Ámbar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rápida lectura y muy entretenida