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Additional authors

1. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
2. Strohbach, Hermann (Designer)
3. New Directions Publishing, publisher.
4. James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Description

1. 252 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

1. Ulrich Hargenau testifies against fellow members of a German terrorist group in order to save himself and his wife, Paula, and contemplates the nature of his German heritage.

Series statement

1. A New Directions paperbook ; NDP508
2. New Directions book

Uniform title

1. New Directions paperbook ; NDP508.

Alternative title

1. Wie Deutsch ist es
2. How German is it

Subject

1. 1900-1999
2. Married people > Fiction
3. Brothers > Fiction
4. American fiction > 20th century
5. Married people
6. Marital status
7. Brothers
8. American fiction
9. Germany > Fiction
10. Germany

Genre/Form

1. Fiction.
2. Detective and mystery fiction.
3. Novels.
4. Dust jackets (Binding) – New York – United States – 20th century.

Call number

1. Berg Coll 22-504

Note

1. "First published clothbound and as New Directions paperbook 508 in 1980"--Title page verso.
2. "A New Directions book" -- title page.
3. "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.

Indexed in (note)

1. Hubin, A.J. Crime fiction, 1749-1990
2. Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Binding (note)

1. bound in publishers' teal cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Herman Strohbach, photographs of Walter Abish by Cecile Abish and Kenneth Feldman.

Author

1. Abish, Walter, author.

Title

1. How German is it : a novel / by Walter Abish.

Publisher

1. New York : New Directions Books, 1980.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Creator/contributor characteristics

1. Men

Series

1. A New Directions paperbook ; NDP508
2. New Directions book
3. New Directions paperbook ; NDP508.

Indexed in:

1. Hubin, A.J. Crime fiction, 1749-1990, p. 2

Indexed in:

1. Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, p. 100

Binding

1. Copy in Berg Coll 22-504 bound in publishers' teal cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Herman Strohbach, photographs of Walter Abish by Cecile Abish and Kenneth Feldman. NN

Local note

1. Copy in Berg Coll 22-504 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

Added author

1. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
2. Strohbach, Hermann (Designer), cover designer.
3. New Directions Publishing, publisher.
4. Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
5. Javitch, Daniel, donor.
6. Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
7. James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

LCCN

1. 80020838

ISBN

1. 0811207757
2. 9780811207751
3. 0811207765 (pbk.)
4. 9780811207768 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. Berg Coll 22-504