Käte Hamburger,Klaus Schröter (Editor)
Um Thomas Mann: Der Briefwechsel Käte Hamburger-Klaus Schröder, 1964-1990. 
Hamburg: Europäische Verlagsanstalt, 1994. First edition. Edited by Klaus Schröter in collaboration with Armin Huttenlocher. 3434500391 177 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.25", is bound in dark blue paper spine and boards, with white lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition, with solid binding, clean and bright pages. Dust jacket displays very light shelfwear.
"Characterized by the charm of understated sympathy, a zest for contradiction, and a delight in discourse, this collection of letters forms an enlightening and entertaining chapter in the history of post-war German literature—a chapter that also documents a culture of critical debate and intellectual contention that has since been lost. Spanning twenty-six years and, at times, two continents, Käte Hamburger and Klaus Schröter discuss theses, insights, and interpretive theories regarding Thomas Mann; exchange offprints of their publications with "friendly" or "most heartfelt" dedications; tirelessly hope "for a second *Schollen* dinner in Blankenese" while instead crisscrossing the Atlantic to take up academic posts in America and return again; remain for years without the opportunity to visit one another; and, twelve years after their initial exchange, agree "to simply drop the use of academic titles in their salutations."