
by Michael Hofmann (Author)
The first poem in Gottfried Benn's first book, Morgue (1912) - written in an hour, published in a week, and notorious ever after, or so the poet claimed - with its scandalous closing image of an aster sewn into a corpse by a playful medical student, set him on his celebrated path.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 16 Jan 2014
ISBN 10: 0571289266
ISBN 13: 9780571289264