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FRISCH, Max was born on May 15, 1911 in Zurich.
( Max Frisch's candid story of his affair with a young wo...)
Max Frisch's candid story of his affair with a young woman illuminates a lifetime of relationships. Casting himself as both subject and observer, Frisch reflects on his marriages, children, friendships, and careers; a holiday weekend in Long Island is a trigger to recount and question events and aspects of his own life, along with creeping fears of mortality. He paints a bittersweet portrait that is sometimes painful and sometimes humorous, but always affecting. Emotionally raw and formally innovative, Frischs novel collapses the distinction between art and life, but leaves the reader with a richer understanding of both.
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(Arrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, a prisoner...)
Arrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, a prisoner begins this book with an exclamation: "I'm not Stiller!" He claims that his name is Jim White, that he has been jailed under false charges and under the wrong identity. To prove he is who he claims to be, he confesses to three unsolved murders and recalls in great detail an adventuresome life in America and Mexico among cowboys and peasants, in back alleys and docks. He is consumed by "the morbid impulse to convince," but no one believes him. This is a harrowing account part Kafka, part Camus of the power of self-deception and the freedom that ultimately lies in self-acceptance. Simultaneously haunting and humorous, I'm Not Stiller has come to be recognized as "one of the major post-war works of fiction" and a masterpiece of German literature.
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( This novel by esteemed Swiss writer Max Frisch is an ex...)
This novel by esteemed Swiss writer Max Frisch is an exploration of the question: Why dont we live when we know were here just this one time, just one single, unrepeatable time in this unutterably magnificent world?! This outcry against the emptiness of ordinary everyday life uttered by the hero of Frischs book is countered by an answer from the silence he meets when face-to-face with death. When An Answer from the Silence begins, the protagonist has just turned thirty and is engaged to be married and about to start work as a teacher. Frightened by the idea of settling down, he journeys to the Alps in a do-or-die effort to climb the unclimbed North Ridge, and by doing so prove he is not ordinary. But having reached the top he returns not in triumph, but in frostbitten shock, having come dangerously close to death. This highly personal early novel reflects a crisis in Frischs own life, and perhaps because of this intimate connection, he refused to allow it to be included in his Collected Works in the 1970s. Now available in English, this distinctive book will thrill fans of Frischs other works.
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(Gottlieb Biedermann, a German businessman, tries to ignor...)
Gottlieb Biedermann, a German businessman, tries to ignore the fact that the two men in his attic are arsonists, in hopes of preventing them from burning down his house
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( Stories, authobiography, impressions, interviews, and r...)
Stories, authobiography, impressions, interviews, and reflections on a variety of topics from politics to women, marriage, friendship, and death. Translated by Geoffrey Skelton. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.
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(A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs ...)
A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs a powerful vision of our place in the world by combining the banality of an aging mans lonely inner life and the objective facts he finds in the books of his isolated home. As a rainstorm rages outside, Max Frischs protagonist, Geiser, watches the mountain landscape crumble beneath landslides and flooding, and speculates that the town will be wiped out by the collapse of a section of the mountain. Seeking refuge from the storm in town, he makes his way through a difficult and dangerous mountain pass, only to abandon his original plan and return home. A compelling meditation by one of Frischs most original characters, Man in the Holocene charts Geisers desperate attempt to find his place in history and in the confusing and fragile world outside his window.
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( A stranger walks out of a bar an is later found dead at...)
A stranger walks out of a bar an is later found dead at the wheel of his car. The narrator creates the story of this man-or, rather, two stories, based on the two personae that he has imagined. One of these is named Enderlin; the other, Gantenbein. Originally published as A Wilderness of Mirrors. Translated by Michael Bullock. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.
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( Walter Faber is an emotionally detached engineer forced...)
Walter Faber is an emotionally detached engineer forced by a string of coincidences to embark on a journey through his past. The basis for director Volker Schlndorffs movie Voyager. Translated by Michael Bullock. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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( Fires are becoming something of a problem. But Biederma...)
Fires are becoming something of a problem. But Biedermann has it all under control. He's a respected member of the community with a loving wife and a flourishing business, so surely nothing can get to him. The great philanthropist is happy to meet his civic duty by giving shelter to two new guests but when they start filling his attic with petrol drums, will he help them light the fuse? Max Frisch's parable about appeasement is given its first major UK revival since its Royal Court premiere in 1961, which was directed by Lindsay Anderson. The play is published as a programme text for the production that runs from 1 November - 15 December on the main stage at the Royal Court.
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( From the author of Man in the Holocene, an examination ...)
From the author of Man in the Holocene, an examination of the effects of a crime of passion. Translated by Geoffrey Skelton. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.
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FRISCH, Max was born on May 15, 1911 in Zurich.
Zurich University and Zurich Institute of Technology.
Writer and architect. Worked as foreign correspondent for newspapers throughout Europe and the Near East. Diploma in architecture 1941.
Designs executed include the Zurich Recreation Park.
First play published 1945. Abandoned architecture for full-time writing 1955.
Rockefeller Grant for Drama 1951. Commander de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1985.
He received many honors and awards for his plays and fiction from foundations and universities around the world. Among the later ones were: the German Book Trade Freedom Prize, 1976; commander, Ordre des Artes et des Lettres, 1985; Commonwealth Award, Modern Language Association, 1985; and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 1986.
( This novel by esteemed Swiss writer Max Frisch is an ex...)
(A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs ...)
(Arrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, a prisoner...)
(Gottlieb Biedermann, a German businessman, tries to ignor...)
( Stories, authobiography, impressions, interviews, and r...)
( Walter Faber is an emotionally detached engineer forced...)
( Max Frisch's candid story of his affair with a young wo...)
( From the author of Man in the Holocene, an examination ...)
( A stranger walks out of a bar an is later found dead at...)
( Fires are becoming something of a problem. But Biederma...)
American Academy, of Arts and Letters 1974.
