From the Berlin Journal by Max Frisch Paperback Book

Description: From the Berlin Journal by Max Frisch, Margit Unser, Wieland Hoban, Thomas Strässle The daily journal of a giant of German literature, touching subjects ranging from everyday life to the political and social conditions in East Germany as viewed from West Berlin. Max Frisch (1911–91) was a giant of twentieth-century German literature. When Frisch moved into a new apartment in Berlins Sarrazinstrasse, he began keeping a journal, which he came to call the Berlin Journal. A few years later, he emphasized in an interview that this was by no means a "scribbling book," but rather a book "fully composed." The journal is one of the great treasures of Frischs literary estate, but the author imposed a retention period of twenty years from the date of his death because of the "private things" he noted in it. From the Berlin Journal now marks the first publication of excerpts from Frischs journal. Here, the unmistakable Frisch is back, full of doubt, with no illusions, and with a playfully sharp eye for the world. From the Berlin Journal pulls from the years 1946–49 and 1966–71. Observations about the writers everyday life stand alongside narrative and essayistic texts, as well as finely-drawn portraits of colleagues like GÜnter Grass, Uwe Johnson, Wolf Biermann, and Christa Wolf, among others. Its foremost quality, though, is the extraordinary acuity with which Frisch observed political and social conditions in East Germany while living in West Berlin. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Max Frisch (1911–91) was one of the giants of twentieth-century German literature, achieving fame as a novelist, playwright, diarist, and essayist. He lived primarily in Switzerland. He received many German and international literature prizes, including the Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society. Thomas Strässle is a lecturer in the German department and the department of general and comparative literature at the University of Zurich. Margit Unser is the director of the Max Frisch Archive at ETH-Bibliothek, Zurich. Wieland Hoban is a British composer who lives in Germany. He has translated several works from German, including many by Theodor W. Adorno. Table of Contents 1. From Notebook 1 (1973?)2. From Notebook 2 (1973–74) Review "Frisch is remembered for innovative plays and experimental prose on the themes of identity, self-delusion, anti-Semitism, and the clash between cultural heritage and materialism. Frisch moved to Berlin in 1973, and it was there that his increasingly autobiographical writings began to reveal a tormented soul teetering on the brink of self-loathing. . . . The Berlin journal is distinguished by a Kafkaesque combination of real-life events, musings, dreams, distant memories and preliminary sketches." * Times Literary Supplement * Details ISBN1803092149 Author Thomas Strässle Pages 222 Publisher Seagull Books London Ltd Series The Seagull Library of German Literature Year 2023 Translator Wieland Hoban ISBN-13 9781803092140 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-07-06 Imprint Seagull Books London Ltd Place of Publication Greenford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Margit Unser AU Release Date 2023-07-06 NZ Release Date 2023-07-06 UK Release Date 2023-07-06 ISBN-10 1803092149 DEWEY 838.91209 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161860271;

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