Part of a four-volume collection of Schmidt's early fiction. This trilogy of novels traces life in Germany from the Nazi era through the postwar years and into an apocalyptic future. Scenes From the Life of a Faun recounts the depressing life of an ordinary government bureaucrat who escapes the horrors and banality of war by investigating the life of a deserter from the Napoleonic Wars. Brand's Heath deals with the chaos of the aftermath of the war and the attempt of a writer to forge a new life. Dark Mirrors looks into the future where the world has been virtually destroyed and the narrator fears he may be the last man on earth. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.