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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
July 1, 1987
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374520540
ISBN-10
0374520542
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$8.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
This collection of stories, written by one of the twentieth century's great German writers and a major influence on Kafka, makes up a haunting collage of Europe in the early part of the century
Amazon.com description: Product Description: How to place the mysterious Swiss writer Robert Walser, a humble genius who possessed one of the most elusive and surprising sensibilities in modern literature? Walser is many things: a Paul Klee in words, maker of droll, whimsical, tender, and heartbreaking verbal artifacts; an inspiration to such very different writers as Kafka and W.G. Sebald; an amalgam, as Susan Sontag suggests in her preface to this volume, of Stevie Smith and Samuel Beckett.
This collection gathers forty-two of Walser's stories. Encompassing everything from journal entries, notes on literature, and biographical sketches to anecdotes, fables, and visions, it is an ideal introduction to this fascinating writer of whom Hermann Hesse famously declared, "If he had a hundred thousand readers, the world would be a better place."
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Flower Days
Trousers
Two Strange Stories
Balloon Journey
Kleist in Thum
The Job Application
The Boat
A Little Ramble
Helbling's Story
The Little Berliner
Nervous
The Walk
So! "I've Got You"
Nothing at All
Kienast
Poests
Frau Wilke
The Street
Snowdrops
Winter
The She-Owl
Knocking
Titus
Vladimir
Parisian Newspapers
The Monkey
Dostoevsky's Idiot
Am I Dreaming?
The Little Tree
Stork and Porcupine
A Contribution to the Celebration of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
A Sort of Speech
A Letter to Therese Breitbach
A Village Tale
The Aviator
The Pimp
Masters and Workers
Essay on Freedom
A Biedermeier Story
The Honeymoon
Thoughts on Cezanne
This collection gathers forty-two of Walser's stories. Encompassing everything from journal entries, notes on literature, and biographical sketches to anecdotes, fables, and visions, it is an ideal introduction to this fascinating writer of whom Hermann Hesse famously declared, "If he had a hundred thousand readers, the world would be a better place."
Response to a Request
Flower Days
Trousers
Two Strange Stories
Balloon Journey
Kleist in Thum
The Job Application
The Boat
A Little Ramble
Helbling's Story
The Little Berliner
Nervous
The Walk
So! "I've Got You"
Nothing at All
Kienast
Poests
Frau Wilke
The Street
Snowdrops
Winter
The She-Owl
Knocking
Titus
Vladimir
Parisian Newspapers
The Monkey
Dostoevsky's Idiot
Am I Dreaming?
The Little Tree
Stork and Porcupine
A Contribution to the Celebration of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
A Sort of Speech
A Letter to Therese Breitbach
A Village Tale
The Aviator
The Pimp
Masters and Workers
Essay on Freedom
A Biedermeier Story
The Honeymoon
Thoughts on Cezanne
Editions
Paperback
With Susan Sontag (other contributor), Christopher Middleton (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (October 30, 2012)
9780374533625 | details & prices | 194 pages | 7.00 × 4.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.42 lbs | List price $15.00
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Reissue edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (July 1, 1987)
9780374520540 | details & prices | List price $8.95
About: This collection of stories, written by one of the twentieth century's great German writers and a major influence on Kafka, makes up a haunting collage of Europe in the early part of the century
About: This collection of stories, written by one of the twentieth century's great German writers and a major influence on Kafka, makes up a haunting collage of Europe in the early part of the century
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