false 6081631 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg The Tanners follows Simon Tanner as he wanders from job to job, in search of a calling. Along his journey of self-definition, we meet his other siblings: the painter brother whose romantic brooding personality attracts women; the serious professorial oldest brother whose sense of responsibility towards his younger siblings strains his nerves; the teacher sister who hates teaching but can’t get herself to risk the stability of her job; and the institutionalized brother whose name is hardly mentioned and whose madness potentially runs through the rest of the family. Through it all, Simon explores the master-servant relationship — whether in employment or in romance — that is one of the defining factors of Modernity.
]]> 6081631 8 6154056 1978 The Tanners total:28|5:15|4:10|3:2|2:1|1:0| 28 123 94 10 16073 4.23 773 144 14483 4.19 3844 426 162943 4.03 37 11 71658140 635936 6081631 081121589X 9780811215893 9 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6081631.The_Tanners 4.38 24 The Tanners follows Simon Tanner as he wanders from job to job, in search of a calling. Along his journey of self-definition, we meet his other siblings: the painter brother whose romantic brooding personality attracts women; the serious professorial oldest brother whose sense of responsibility towards his younger siblings strains his nerves; the teacher sister who hates teaching but can’t get herself to risk the stability of her job; and the institutionalized brother whose name is hardly mentioned and whose madness potentially runs through the rest of the family. Through it all, Simon explores the master-servant relationship — whether in employment or in romance — that is one of the defining factors of Modernity.
]]> 1978 4 2 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 08:06:29 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 18:01:36 -0700 2009 the tanners, as in much of walser's writing, his singular style is what captivates most. walser's works tend to be thinly plotted, yet the reader is easily carried away by the characters' inner workings. as w.g. sebald notes in the book's introductory remembrance, "everything written in th...more...]]> 79539503 76519 6081631 081121589X 9780811215893 9 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6081631.The_Tanners 4.39 28 The Tanners follows Simon Tanner as he wanders from job to job, in search of a calling. Along his journey of self-definition, we meet his other siblings: the painter brother whose romantic brooding personality attracts women; the serious professorial oldest brother whose sense of responsibility towards his younger siblings strains his nerves; the teacher sister who hates teaching but can’t get herself to risk the stability of her job; and the institutionalized brother whose name is hardly mentioned and whose madness potentially runs through the rest of the family. Through it all, Simon explores the master-servant relationship — whether in employment or in romance — that is one of the defining factors of Modernity.
]]> 1978 4 1 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 11:21:14 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 12:09:39 -0800 2009 JAKOB VON GUNTEN, THE TANNERS is more a patchwork of monologues, but both share the same saint's heart and the ability to lay out all the observable open secrets of our every day.

some writers, you enter their house in...more...]]> 73705472 2293616 6081631 081121589X 9780811215893 9 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6081631.The_Tanners 4.39 28 The Tanners follows Simon Tanner as he wanders from job to job, in search of a calling. Along his journey of self-definition, we meet his other siblings: the painter brother whose romantic brooding personality attracts women; the serious professorial oldest brother whose sense of responsibility towards his younger siblings strains his nerves; the teacher sister who hates teaching but can’t get herself to risk the stability of her job; and the institutionalized brother whose name is hardly mentioned and whose madness potentially runs through the rest of the family. Through it all, Simon explores the master-servant relationship — whether in employment or in romance — that is one of the defining factors of Modernity.
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In the most recent translation of Swiss writer Robert Walser’s work, The Tanners, we are reminded once again why Kafka and Musil were fans—his wit. And like everything in Walser’s writing, it is nuanced and subtle. Instead giving us our melodrama straight with no chaser, he blends ...more...]]> 71363048 803405 6081631 081121589X 9780811215893 9 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6081631.The_Tanners 4.39 28 The Tanners follows Simon Tanner as he wanders from job to job, in search of a calling. Along his journey of self-definition, we meet his other siblings: the painter brother whose romantic brooding personality attracts women; the serious professorial oldest brother whose sense of responsibility towards his younger siblings strains his nerves; the teacher sister who hates teaching but can’t get herself to risk the stability of her job; and the institutionalized brother whose name is hardly mentioned and whose madness potentially runs through the rest of the family. Through it all, Simon explores the master-servant relationship — whether in employment or in romance — that is one of the defining factors of Modernity.
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