by Jakob Wassermann · Tapa dura · ISBN 9783784417219
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«Caspar Hauser, oder, Die Trägheit des Herzens» is a novel by Jakob Wassermann published by Langen Müller in hardcover, with 381 pages and text in German.
Novel inspired by the true story of Caspar Hauser, a young man who appears in Nuremberg after a life of confinement; his strange innocence and the mystery of his origins attract public attention. Wassermann turns the case into a tale of Gothic atmosphere, great dramatic tension and deep psychology around crime and innocence.
The novel was originally published in 1908; this edition appeared in 1978 in Munich. The work's subtitle is «Roman».
For readers of German classics and of psychological and historical fiction, as well as for those familiar with the legend of Caspar Hauser through Werner Herzog.
Jakob Wassermann was a German writer and novelist.
