❤️ loved this book because...
It's a play, mostly written in rhymed verse, which alternates and combines gorgeous lyricism, funny satire, deep, operatic emotion, and though-provoking philosophy, psychology and spirituality. The interplay between the characters is well-done and often hilarious. And it interweaves elements from history, mythology, politics, science, etc., while brilliantly harmonising form and content.
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3 authors picked Faust as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
"Greenberg has accomplished a magnificent literary feat. He has taken a great German work, until now all but inaccessible to English readers, and made it into a sparkling English poem, full of verve and wit. Greenberg's translation lives; it is done in a modern idiom but with respect for the original text; I found it a joy to read."-Irving Howe (on the earlier edition)
A classic of world literature, Goethe's Faust is a philosophical and poetic drama full of satire, irony, humor, and tragedy. Martin Greenberg re-creates not only the text's varied meter and rhyme but also its diverse tones…
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