by Jonathan Swift · Insel Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783458352174
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«Gullivers Reisen» is Jonathan Swift's satirical novel, published by Insel Verlag GmbH in paperback (483 pages, in German).
Lemuel Gulliver narrates his travels to countries inhabited by Lilliputians, giants and talking horses. The work is a biting and timeless satire of politics and social vices, as well as a classic of world literature.
This German edition includes a translation by Franz Kottenkamp, a version completed and adapted by Roland Arnold and a foreword by Hermann Hesse. It is number 3517 in the insel taschenbuch collection.
A classic commonly read in school settings, although due to its political and social satire it is also considered a work for adults.
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the Georgian era and one of the foremost prose authors in the history of English and world literature.
