A Schoolboy's Diary and Other Stories (New York Review Books

A Schoolboy's Diary and Other Stories (New York Review Books Classics)

A Schoolboyâ€™s Diary brings together more than seventy of Robert Walserâ€™s strange and wonderful stories, most never before available in English. Opening with a sequence from Walserâ€™s first book, â€œFritz Kocherâ€™s Essays,â€ the complete classroom assignments of a fictional boy who has met a tragically early death, this selection ranges from sketches of uncomprehending editors, overly passionate readers, and dreamy artists to tales of devilish adultery, sexual encounters on a train, and Walserâ€™s service in World War I. Throughout, Walserâ€™s careening, confounding, delicious voice holds the reader transfixed.

A Schoolboy's Diary and Other Stories (New York Review Books Classics)