← Martin WalserA Leap Beyond the Fenceby Martin WalserAdolescent boy's coming-of-age and escape from provincial lifeFind on Amazon↗About the authorMartin WalserGerman novelist who was one of the most prominent and controversial literary voices of postwar West Germany. His Anselm Kristlein trilogy and A Leap Beyond the Fence are key works of German social realism.More by Martin WalserHalf TimeBusinessman experiences midlife crisis and romantic entanglement→The UnicornWidower businessman's obsessive quest for mythical perfect love→The Gallistl CaseLegal intrigue and ambiguity in German provincial criminal case→A Man in LoveMarried man caught between wife and passionate new lover→