Gantenbein

by Max Frisch

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156344074
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/22/1982
Series:	Harvest Book Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Max Frisch, born in Zurich in 1911, was one of the giants of twentieth-century literature, achieving fame as a novelist, playwright, diarist, and essayist. He died in 1991, the year Homo Faber was made by Volker Schlondorff into the acclaimed motion picture Voyager, starring Sam Shepard.