Walser, Robert
Speaking to the Rose: Writings, 1912-1932
- ISBN 13:
- 9780803298330
- author:
- Walser, Robert
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bison
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 134
- Dimensions:
- 152mm X 229mm
- Genre:
- European studies
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878?1956) is now finding an audience among English-speaking readers commensurate with his merits. This collection of fifty translations of short prose pieces covers the middle to later years of the writer's oeuvre, providing unparalleled insight into his creative process. Walser's unpublished works were often written in a unique, abbreviated script that was initially dismissed as an impenetrable private cipher. However, fourteen texts from these so-called pencil manuscripts are included in this volume, revealing that Walser's microscripts were the product of desperate genius rather than incipient madness. With a brisk preface and a chronology of Walser's life and work, this book offers a unique opportunity to experience the unfolding of his rare and eccentric gift. This collection is accompanied by Walser's novels The Robber (Nebraska 2000) and Jakob von Gunten, also available in English translation.
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