The robber:

"The Robber," Robert Walser' s last novel, tells the story of a dreamer on a journey of self-discovery. It is a hybrid of love story, tragedy, and farce, with a protagonist who sweet-talks teaspoons, flirts with important politicians, plays maidservant to young boys, and uses a passer...

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Main Author: Walser, Robert 1878-1956 (Author)
Other Authors: Bernofsky, Susan (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: Lincoln ; London University of Nebraska Press [2000]
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Summary:"The Robber," Robert Walser' s last novel, tells the story of a dreamer on a journey of self-discovery. It is a hybrid of love story, tragedy, and farce, with a protagonist who sweet-talks teaspoons, flirts with important politicians, plays maidservant to young boys, and uses a passerby' s mouth as an ashtray. Walser' s novel spoofs the stiff-upper-lipped European petit bourgeois and its nervous reactions to whatever threatens the stability of its worldview
Physical Description:xiii, 141 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:9780803298095

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