Robert Walser,Susan Bernofsky
The Robber,, Robert Walserâ€™s last novel, tells the story of a dreamer on a journey of self-discovery. It is a hybrid of love story, tragedy, and farce, with a protagonist who sweet-talks teaspoons, flirts with important politicians, plays maidservant to young boys, and uses a passerbyâ€™s mouth as an ashtray. Walserâ€™s novel spoofs the stiff-upper-lipped European petit bourgeois and its nervous reactions to whatever threatens the stability of its worldview.
Fiction,European Literature,German Literature,Classics,Novels,Literature,Roman,Cultural,Germany,Classics,Modern Classics
The Robber