The Inner Man

by Martin Walser

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The psychological and emotional struggles of Xaver Zurn, chauffeur of a wealthy German businessman.

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Martin Johann Walser was born in Wasserburg-Bodensee, Germany on March 24, 1927. He attended Regensburg University. His works, including short stories, novels, essays, plays, and poetry, often depict a Germany both guilty over the past and optimistic about the future. He has won a number of awards, include the Hermann Hesse Prize, the Schiller show more Prize, the Buechner Prize, and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
The Inner Man
Original title
Seelenarbeit
Original publication date
1979

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
833.914Literature & rhetoricGerman & related literaturesGerman fiction1900-1900-19901945-1990
LCC
PT2685 .A48 .S4Language and LiteratureGerman, Dutch and Scandinavian literaturesGerman literatureIndividual authors or works1961-2000

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Dutch, English, German
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