The lesson of the school is humility and the rejection of power and ambition. It is a lesson that the narrator, Jakob von Gunten, learns well. Like his creation Jakob von Gunten, Robert Walser understood of the attractions of infinitesimal smallness and kept well away from the corruptions and temptations of literary life.
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The more common comparison is to "a comic Kafka.". Both formulations effectively describe the reading experience in these stories: the reader is obviously in the presence of a mind-bending genius, but one characterized by a wry, buoyant voice, as apparently cheerful as it is disturbing.
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JOAN NELSON By Robert Walser & John Cheim *Excellent Condition*.
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Title: Thomas Hirschhorn: Robert Walser - Sculpture Item Condition: New. Publisher: - ISBN 13: 9783775746809. Edition: - List Price: -. New: New books are in mint condition, normally sourced directly from publishers.
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WALSER, Robert (Biel, Svizzera 1878 - Herisau, Svizzera 1956),,Storie. Con 31 disegni di Karl Walser. Traduzione di Maria Gregorio. Milano, Adelphi Biblioteca Adelphi 1982 Prima edizione (First Edition).
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Il suo tono è leggero, puerile o divagante, il tono delle parole che passano e si cancellano da sole. Libro L'ASSISTENTE - WALSER ROBERT - Adelphi. A proposito di Hoepli. Cercheremo di risolvere il problema nel minor tempo possibile.
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Author: Walser, Robert Robert Walser, ISBN 10: 1936873184. Title: Oppressive Light: Selected Poems by Robert Walser Item Condition: used item in a good condition. Will be clean, not soiled or stained.
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Benjamin Kunkel - The New Yorker "Everyone who reads Walser falls in love with him.". -- Nicholas Lazard - The Guardian "A Paul Klee in prose, a good-humoured, sweet Beckett, Walser is a truly wonderful, heartbreaking writer.".
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