by Heinrich von Kleist · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423318902
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Michael Kohlhaas is a novella by the German writer Heinrich von Kleist, published in 1810. The story follows a 16th-century horse trader who, after being the victim of an injustice, is driven to seek revenge by all possible means. The work explores themes such as justice, morality, corruption, and the individual's struggle against the established power. With an agile prose and a plot full of tension, Michael Kohlhaas is considered one of the masterpieces of German literature and a reflection on human nature and the limits of the law.
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.
