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The Robber

By Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky (Translator), Susan Bernofsky (Introduction)
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By Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky (Translator), Susan Bernofsky (Introduction)
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The Robber, Robert Walser'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 passerby's mouth as an ashtray. Walser's novel spoofs the stiff-upper-lipped European petit bourgeois and its nervous reactions to whatever threatens the stability of its worldview.

Robert Walser (1878-1956), the Swiss...

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FictionLiteratureWorld FictionFiction SubjectsEuropean Fiction - GeneralLiterary Styles & Movements - FictionGerman FictionSwiss FictionFables & Allegories20th Century German Fiction - 1901-1945