Born in Switzerland in 1878, Robert Walser worked as a bank clerk,
a butler in a castle, and an inventor's assistant before
discovering what William H. Gass calls his "true profession". From
1899 until he was misdiagnosed a schizophrenic and hospitalized in
1933, Walser produced nine novels and more than a thousand short
stories and prose pieces.
Walser's contemporary admirers were few but well-placed. They
included Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse, Robert Musil, and Walter
Benjamin. Today Robert Walser is widely regarded as one of the most
important and original literary voices of the twentieth century. In
"Masquerade" and Other Stories, Susan Bernofsky presents a
representative selection of Walser's work, from his first published
fiction to the stately prose of the last years before his voice
vanished forever behind the asylum walls. Written between 1899 and
1933, these 64 sketches, scenes, stories, and wanderings through
landscapes and dreamscapes are characterized by startling, skewed
comparisons, warpings of syntax, vagaries of perspective, and a
delight in contradiction. Quirky, playful, and sometimes bizarre,
Walser's texts were unconventional by the standards of the early
twentieth century. They are still innovative in the context of
today's fiction.
General
| Imprint: |
Johns Hopkins University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 1990 |
| First published: |
1990 |
| Authors: |
Robert Walser
|
| Translators: |
Susan Bernofsky
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 133 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
232 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8018-3977-1 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
German
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| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
0-8018-3977-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780801839771 |
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