Publisher/Eulenspiegel

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"Kriegsfibel (First Edition)" is a photo book by Bertolt Brecht, a famous German poet and playwright. The Japanese title is "War Guide". Brecht was an artist who was active mainly before the war, known for "The Threepenny Opera" and "The Life of Galileo". Influenced by the suffering he endured during politics and war, he advocated "narrative theater", which is to view plays "critically" and "objectively" rather than empathizing with the characters, and is also famous as a theorist of the "alienation effect", which makes familiar things seem strange and extraordinary. This book is a photo-poem collection that this poet and playwright created over a period of more than 10 years since the war. Brecht, who was subject to many restrictions on expression during the war, used clippings from newspapers, magazines, and graphic magazines that were in circulation at the time, and added his own text as captions to create an "alienation effect", creating a "lyrical photo-poem collection". One of the unknown masterpieces that directly rejected the "photo story" stance. First edition published in 1955. The text is in German. Featured in "The Photobook: A History Volume III."