The False Book

Das falsche Buch
Cover of an early edition
Cover of an early edition
AuthorPaul Wühr
LanguageGerman
GenreNovel
PublisherHanser
Publication date
1983
Publication placeGermany
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages722 pp
ISBN3-446-13846-3
OCLC10418899
833/.914 19
LC ClassPT2685.U25 F3 1983

Das falsche Buch is a 1983 German novel by Paul Wühr.

Plot introduction

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Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science

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Several of the characters are based upon true figures such as German sociologist Niklas Luhmann, Ulrich Sonnemann, Johann Georg Hamann and United States inventor Richard Buckminster Fuller.

Awards and nominations

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It won the Bremen Literary Award in 1983.