The Goose Man is an English-language translation of a novel by Jakob Wassermann, one of the most widely read German-language authors of the early twentieth century. Wassermann — also known for Caspar Hauser and The World’s Illusion — wrote expansive, psychologically probing fiction that explored German-Jewish identity, social injustice, and human complexity with great narrative power.
Wassermann was a bestseller in both Germany and the English-speaking world before the Nazi period effectively erased his legacy. This free public-domain EPUB is an opportunity to rediscover a major writer now less widely read than he deserves.