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The Spoke: A Sergeant Studer Mystery
Praise for Friedrich Glauser’s other Sergeant Studer novels:
“Fever is a deviously plotted procedural. Not many can outdo Friedrich Glauser.”—The New York Times
“This gem contains echoes of Dürrenmatt, Fritz Lang’s film M and Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain. Both a compelling mystery and an illuminating finely wrought mainstream novel, Matto’s Realm will make it clear to Am...more
“Fever is a deviously plotted procedural. Not many can outdo Friedrich Glauser.”—The New York Times
“This gem contains echoes of Dürrenmatt, Fritz Lang’s film M and Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain. Both a compelling mystery and an illuminating finely wrought mainstream novel, Matto’s Realm will make it clear to Am...more
Paperback, 197 pages
Published
January 1st 2009
by Bitter Lemon Press
(first published 1941)
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Maybe this deserves more. I've been spoiled, I imagine by people like Frisch and Durrenmatt. The oddest thing about this book is how so not odd it is.
The author, to quote from the book 'died aged fourty-two, a few days before he was due to be married. Diagnosed a schizophrenic, addicted to morphine and opium, he spent much of his life in psychiatric wards, insane asylums and, when he was arrested for forging prescriptions, in prison. He also spent two years with the Foreign Legion in North Afric...more
The author, to quote from the book 'died aged fourty-two, a few days before he was due to be married. Diagnosed a schizophrenic, addicted to morphine and opium, he spent much of his life in psychiatric wards, insane asylums and, when he was arrested for forging prescriptions, in prison. He also spent two years with the Foreign Legion in North Afric...more
The best protagonists are always flawed, and Wachtmeister Studer is no exception. I read 1 or 2 of these in the original German when I was a kid and enjoyed them, so when I saw these new translations I thought I would see how well they preserved the character of the originals. I am happy to say that they did quite well, actually. Good and gritty reads, all of them.
You have to peer through darkest dark here. Originally published in the 30s, this investigative tale is not so much about two homicides, but about an idea. The central story glows with true loner Studer, who alienates himself from mankind because he understands, with calmness and acceptance, that what matters in life is rarely about making oneself happy. Highly recommended.
Ein Glauser halt. Amüsant und verschroben, und voller drolliger Dialekterei, aber vielleicht doch nicht der beste Studer-Roman (lang her, dass ich die anderen gelesen habe). Und die nur schwach kaschierten antisemitischen Tendenzen der Auflösung machens beileibe nicht besser.
Dec 07, 2011
Tammy
marked it as to-read
Recommended in the book, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading.
Mar 21, 2013
Jamie Pomerhn
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Adam Flowers
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Friedrich Glauser was a German-language Swiss writer. He was a morphine and opium addict for most of his life. In his first novel Gourrama, written between 1928 and 1930, he treated his own experiences at the French Foreign Legion. The evening before his wedding day, he suffered a stroke caused by cerebral infarction, and died two days later.
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