The Assistant (New Directions Paperbook)
"The Tanners is a contender for Funniest Book of the Year."―The Village Voice
The Tanners, Robert Walser’s amazing 1907 novel of twenty chapters, is now presented in English for the very first time, by the award-winning translator Susan Bernofsky. Three brothers and a sister comprise the Tanner family―Simon, Kaspar, Klaus, and Hedwig: their wanderings, meetings, separations, quarrels, romances, employment and lack of employment over the course of a year or two are the threads from which Walser weaves his airy, strange and brightly gorgeous fabric. “Walser’s lightness is lighter than light,†as Tom Whalen said in Bookforum: “buoyant up to and beyond belief, terrifyingly light.â€Country | USA |
Brand | New Directions |
Manufacturer | New Directions |
Binding | Paperback |
ItemPartNumber | 9780811215893 |
ReleaseDate | 2009-08-31 |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9780811215893 |