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false <![CDATA[Selected Stories (New York Review Books Classics)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172284264m/160313.jpg 160313 4 How to place the mysterious Swiss writer Robert Walser, a humble genius who possessed one of the most elusive and surprising sensibilities in modern literature? Walser is many things: a Paul Klee in words, maker of droll, whimsical, tender, and heartbreaking verbal artifacts; an inspiration to such very different writers as Kafka and W.G. Sebald; an amalgam, as Susan Sontag suggests in her preface to this volume, of Stevie Smith and Samuel Beckett. This collection gathers forty-two of Walser's stories. Encompassing everything from journal entries, notes on literature, and biographical sketches to anecdotes, fables, and visions, it is an ideal introduction to this fascinating writer of whom Hermann Hesse famously declared, "If he had a hundred thousand readers, the world would be a better place." Response to a Request Flower Days Trousers Two Strange Stories Balloon Journey Kleist in Thum The Job Application The Boat A Little Ramble Helbling's Story The Little Berliner Nervous The Walk So! "I've Got You" Nothing at All Kienast Poests Frau Wilke The Street Snowdrops Winter The She-Owl Knocking Titus Vladimir Parisian Newspapers The Monkey Dostoevsky's Idiot Am I Dreaming? The Little Tree Stork and Porcupine A Contribution to the Celebration of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer A Sort of Speech A Letter to Therese Breitbach A Village Tale The Aviator The Pimp Masters and Workers Essay on Freedom A Biedermeier Story The Honeymoon Thoughts on Cezanne 2360312 1982 Selected Stories (New York Review Books Classics) total:189|5:98|4:68|3:20|2:2|1:1| 189 827 343 32 5 21 false false Wed Jun 10 18:00:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 13:22:41 -0700 2009
Robert Walser (1878-1956) was born in Switzerland. He left school at fourteen and led a wandering and precarious existence while producing essays, stories, and novels. In 1933 he abandoned writing and entered a sanatorium—where he rema...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Dec 06 15:40:26 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 10 08:18:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 20:31:25 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 23:37:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Nov 26 14:12:58 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 07:10:37 -0800 2007
"If I am well-disposed, that's to say, feeling good, I tailor, cobble, weld, plane, knock,...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 31 11:56:39 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 11:56:39 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Oct 07 23:30:21 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 15 11:42:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 20 12:25:40 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 13:23:30 -0800 2007 take long long walks in the country
rent a room in the home of an aging woman (preferably Ursula Le Guin)
lay down in the woods, the left side of my face upon a patch of moss
pick wildfllowers, slowly
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