![]() ![]() An essay that Benjamin was preparing in the following years, The True Politician, would have included a major section on the novel, as Benjamin wrote to Scholem in a letter in 1920. Benjamin was converted to Scheerbart by Gershom Scholem who had made a gift of the novel to the Benjamins on their marriage in 1917. Lesabendio deserves our interest both in its own right and in light of Benjamin's attachment to it. Christina Svendsen's fine translation now makes this work available in English for the first time. 1 And the high regard in which Walter Benjamin held his 1914 novel Lesabendio is well-known though not yet fully understood. The significance of his Glass Architecture for Dada, Surrealism, and, more widely, architectural design has been documented. Alex Gelley 1:55 PM Formatted: Font:Not Italic Eberhard Froehlich 7:31 PM Deleted: e Alexander Gelley, University of California, Irvine Although he died in 1915 Paul Scheerbart’s impact in various areas of European thought extended into the Weimar Period and beyond. An Asteroid Novel, by Paul Scheerbart, translated by Christina Svendsen. ![]()
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