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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. the best thing I read in 2007.I would describe this collection of short stories first and foremost as "lovely." Some are quite sad and some very funny or childlike. Almost all are relatively simple, not usually driven by plot, but more by inner reactions and revelations. Sometimes the character is just going for a walk and describing the scenes he encounters, sometimes he talks about a book he has read, and other times we hear about the observations of a specific relationship, but no matter how sparse the subject, the language and poetic quality of these selections makes for an enjoyable read. I would highly recommend: Balloon Journey, Kleist in Thun, Helbling's Story, Nothing at All, The Street, Winter, Titus, A Letter to Therese Breitbach, the Pimp, and the Honeymoon (and now I've named nearly a quarter of the book) (  ) araridan | Apr 6, 2008 |   sonomar | Dec 19, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0940322986, Paperback)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." 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 (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:01 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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