128 pages, hardcover bound book. Slim, light blue cover with brown title lettering. Autobiography of the author, Jakob Wasserman. Narrative: Jakob Wasserman (1873-1934) was a German-Jewish author and novelist. His works, particularly this autobiography, dealt with Jewish and German issues and identities. Popuiar in the 1920s, he was elected to the Prussian Academy of Art in 1926, but resigned in 1933. His books were banned in Germany that same year. He died of a stroke in 1934.