Half-Truths and One-and-a-Half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

by Karl Kraus

Harry Zohn (Translator)

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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

  • ISBN10 0226452689
  • ISBN13 9780226452685
  • Publish Date 15 August 1990 (first published 1 January 1988)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 18 February 2022
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Chicago Press
  • Edition 2nd Univ of Chicago PR ed.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 136
  • Language English