by Karl Valentin · ISBN 9783150089415
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This book, titled 'Buchbinder Wanninger: Sprachclownerien und Grotesken', is a collection of works by the author Karl Valentin, known for his humor and wordplay. Edited by Helmut Bachmaier and published by P. Reclam in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1993, it is part of the Universal-Bibliothek series. The book contains 102 pages and presents a selection of Valentin's 'linguistic clowning and grotesques'.
Karl Valentin was a Bavarian comedian. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes called the "Charlie Chaplin of Germany". His work has an essential influence on artists like Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Loriot and Helge Schneider.
