Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths: Selected Aphorisms (Univ of Chicago PR)

Author/Contributor(s):	Kraus, Karl ; Zohn, Harry
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Date:	08/15/1990
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

An aphorism never coincides with the truth: it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths, wrote Kraus. The aphorism was a sub-genre [Kraus] considered the height of linguistic integrity. . . . With the help of notes and introductions by Zohn, the subtlety and archness of Kraus' linguistic gifts shine through.--Peter Filkins, Bloomsbury Review

Kraus is a superb aphorist.--D. J. Enright, New York Review of Books