Gantenbein
A stranger walks out of a bar an is later found dead at the wheel of his car. The narrator creates the story of this man-or, rather, two stories, based on the two personae that he has imagined. One of these is named Enderlin; the other, Gantenbein. Originally published as A Wilderness of Mirrors....
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A stranger walks out of a bar an is later found dead at the wheel of his car. The narrator creates the story of this man-or, rather, two stories, based on the two personae that he has imagined. One of these is named Enderlin; the other, Gantenbein. Originally published as A Wilderness of Mirrors. Translated by Michael Bullock. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156344074 (0156344076)
Publish date: November 22nd 1982
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
I am quite proud of myself that I managed to finish Gantenbein. I never read anything by Max Frisch before and to be honest, it was quite exhausting. Personally, I would describe his writing-style as above average, or even elaborate, so this is no book you can read a couple of pages of just before g...
I want to trust my judgement and that's putting me between a rock and a hard place.The rock is my respect for Frisch: if he wrote it, I'm going to read it.The hard place is my 'arrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it's an experimental novel. Even worse, it's an anti-novel. Stop it, stop reading it right now.'I bou...
Was soll man dazu sagen? Max Frisch schreibt besonders, bedacht, kunstvoll, schöne Sätze, manchmal, oft aber auch abgehackt, für sich schön, stimmungsvoll, man kann Gedankengängen folgen, manchmal auch nicht, aber selbst dann ist es meist insofern nachvollziehbar, dass die Gedanken eines Menschen sp...
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