About the book: 1971 / A talented representative of the young post-war generation of German writers, Siegfried Lenz has long been known in his homeland. The leading genres of his work are characterized by an appeal to acute social, psychological and philosophical problems associated with the understanding of the lessons of recent German history. "The German Lesson", the last and largest novel of Siegfried Lenz, continues precisely this line of his work, introduces us to Siegfried Lenz in his main writer's guise. And indeed, he introduces us to Lenz, who has reached the time of true artistic maturity. In any case, it fully justifies the fame that it brought to its author, for the first time making the name of Siegfried Lenz widely known outside his homeland as the name of a master of great prose.