by Heinrich von Kleist · Hiperión · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475178394
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This book is a collection of art and philosophy essays by the German author Heinrich von Kleist. In these essays, Kleist explores themes such as the nature of art, the relationship between art and life, and the role of the artist in society. The essay that gives the book its title, 'On the Marionette Theater', is a reflection on the nature of grace and consciousness in art and life. This edition includes prologue, translation and notes by Jorge Riechmann Fernández.
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays The Prince of Homburg, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist ended his life in a suicide pact by shooting himself together with a close female friend who was terminally ill.
