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Comedies (Paperback)
Robert Walser, Daniele Pantano, James Reidel
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R368
Discovery Miles 3 680
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This book brings English-language readers works by Walser in a rare
form: dramolette. Few writers have ever experienced such a steady
rise in their reputation and public profile as Swiss writer Robert
Walser (1878-1956) has seen in recent years. As more of his
previously little-known work has been translated into English,
readers have discovered a unique writer whose off-kilter
sensibility and innovations in form are perfectly suited to our
fragmented, distracted, bewildering era. The short plays presented
here, inspired by the German theater Walser enjoyed in his youth,
while never meant to be performed, present scenes, characters, and
situations that comment on the brutality of fairy tales, the
impossibilities of love, the dark fate of the Christ child (and
Walser himself), and more. At the same time, like all of Walser's
work they are shot through with a humor that is wholly genuine
despite its shades of darkness. Gathering all of Walser's plays, as
well as his later, fragmentary dramatic writings, Comedies will be
celebrated by the many devoted fans of this lately rediscovered
master.
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The Poems (Hardcover)
Robert Walser, Daniele Pantano
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R927
R782
Discovery Miles 7 820
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The first complete publication of Robert Walser's poems translated
into English. Admired by the likes of Kafka, Musil, and Walter
Benjamin and acclaimed "unforgettable, heart-rending" by J. M.
Coetzee, Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878-1956) remains one of the
most influential authors of modern literature. Walser left school
at fourteen and led a wandering and precarious existence while
producing poems, stories, essays, and novels. In 1933, he abandoned
writing and entered a sanatorium, where he remained for the rest of
his life. "I am not here to write," Walser said, "but to be mad."
This first collection of Walser's poems in English translation
allows English-speaking readers to experience the author as he saw
himself at the beginning and the end of his literary career--as a
poet. The book also includes notes on dates of composition, draft
versions of the printed poems, and brief biographical information
on characters and locations that appear in the poems and may not be
known to readers. Few writers have ever experienced such a steady
rise in their reputation and public profile as Walser has seen in
recent years, and this collection of his poems will help readers
discover a unique writer whose off-kilter sensibility and
innovations in form are perfectly suited to our fragmented,
distracted, bewildering era.
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Fairy Tales - Dramolettes (Paperback)
Robert Walser; Translated by Daniele Pantano, James Reidel; Preface by Reto Sorg
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R349
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
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Fairy Tales gathers the unconventional verse dramolettes of the
Swiss writer Robert Walser. Narrated in Walser's inimitable,
playful language, these theatrical pieces overturn traditional
notions of the fairy tale, transforming the Brothers Grimm into
metatheater, even metareflections. Snow White forgives the evil
queen for trying to kill her, Cinderella doubts her prince and
enjoys being hated by her evil stepsisters; the Fairy Tale itself
is a character who encourages her to stay within the confines of
the story. Sleeping Beauty, the royal family, and its retainers are
not happy about being woken from their sleep by an absurd,
unpretentious, Walser-like hero. Mary and Joseph are taken aback by
what lies in store for their baby Jesus.
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