{"product_id":"the-notes","title":"The Notes","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Notes\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLudwig Hohl\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780300220056\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eYale University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eAbridged\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e392\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of illuminating observations on life and art, from an acclaimed Swiss modernist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"[Tess Lewis's] translation is worthy of her willfully demanding subject, leaping between what Hohl calls the 'incandescence' of the aphorism and, in his dream narratives and miniature fairy tales, a shadowy beauty reminiscent of his better-known compatriot Robert Walser.\"--Max Norman, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Notes\u003c\/i\u003e should be celebrated: it is wonderful that this volume of [Hohl's] compact, aphoristic observations has finally arrived in English.\"--Alexandra Sattler, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArts Fuse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Revered by Bertolt Brecht and Max Frisch as one of Switzerland's most commanding writers, Ludwig Hohl spent most of his waking hours with a pen in hand, collecting quotes from others and recording ruminations of his own. Composed between 1934 and 1936 during his residence in the Netherlands in a state of \"extreme spiritual desolation,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Notes\u003c\/i\u003e is Hohl's magnum opus: an assemblage of his epiphany-like observations, disparate in subject yet threaded together by a relentless exploration of the nature and origins of creativity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by Spinoza, Goethe, and many others, \u003ci\u003eThe Notes\u003c\/i\u003e contends with the purpose of work, the vitality of art, and the inevitability of death--a valiant, uncompromising exercise in hope against the devastating backdrop of twentieth-century Europe. This abridged edition, expertly translated by Tess Lewis and with an illuminating foreword by Joshua Cohen, introduces the reader to this remarkable work and its writer.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"The Notes | Ludwig Hohl | Hardcover | 9780300220056 | New | Philosophy 1286908","offer_id":50557781901570,"sku":"1286908","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61VGSU9bkIL.jpg?v=1790640489","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-notes","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}