Originals: Lawrence Douglas on Disobedience
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Lawrence Douglas is the author of three books: The Memory of Judgment: Making Law and History in the Trials of the Holocaust (2001); Sense and Nonsensibility: Lampoons of Literature and Learning (with Alex George, 2004); and The Catastrophist, a novel (2006). His second novel, The Vices will appear next year. Last year, he was a visiting professor in the law school of Humboldt Universität in Berlin. He is currently at work on a piece about the Demjanjuk trial for Harper’s. He teaches at Amherst College.
March 16th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
I love Lawrence’s retort to the older woman’s (typical Berlin) intrusion. When I am able to reply to these sorts of interactions with a smart, sharp comment like he does, I’ll know my Deutsch is finally good enough.