by Ödön von Horváth · 10-18 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782264016089
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«Jeunesse sans Dieu» is the novel by Ödön von Horváth published by 10-18 in paperback (208 pages, in French).
A history teacher in Nazi Germany crosses out racist words in a school essay and finds himself caught between the fascist spirit and his humanist convictions. At a military training camp one of his students is murdered; the teacher has read the suspect's diary and must choose between hiding his fault or defending the truth.
Original title: Jugend ohne Gott. French translation by Rémy Lambrechts. Work originally published in 1937; this 10-18 edition appeared in 1991.
For readers of twentieth-century classics and European interwar fiction, with an interest in socially and politically critical fiction.
Edmund Josef von Horváth was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the nom de plume Ödön von Horváth. He was one of the most critically admired writers of his generation prior to his untimely death. He enjoyed a series of successes on the stage with socially poignant and romantic plays, including Revolte auf Côte 3018 (1927), Sladek (1929), Italienische Nacht (1930), Hin und Her (1934), and Der Jüngste Tag (1937). His novels include Der ewige Spießer (1930), Ein Kind unserer Zeit (1938), and Jugend ohne Gott (1937).
