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Robert Walser

Robert Walser

German1878 – 1956Fiction

Swiss author whose quietly radical short fiction and novels have gained increasing recognition as among the most distinctive contributions to German-language modernism. Jakob von Gunten is his masterpiece.

Works

  • Jakob von GuntenYoung student documents his education at institute for servants→
  • The TannersImpoverished artist brothers navigate love and survival in city→
  • The AssistantMan falls into servitude and observes human nature closely→
  • Fritz Kochers AufsatzeYoung man compiles essays on growing up and school→
  • MicroscriptsFragment collection of Walser's final intimate writings→

Related

Franz Kafka·Max Frisch·Peter Handke
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