Man in the holocene : a story / Max Frisch ; translated from German by Geoffrey Skelton.
2007
PT2611.R814 M4413 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Man in the holocene : a story / Max Frisch ; translated from German by Geoffrey Skelton.
Author
Frisch, Max, 1911-1991.
Uniform Title
Mensch erscheint im Holozän. English
Edition
1st Dalkey Archive ed.
ISBN
9781564784667 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1564784665 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1564784665 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Champain [Ill.] : Dalkey Archive Press, 2007.
Language
English
Description
113 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
PT2611.R814 M4413 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
843/.914
Summary
A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs a powerful vision of our place in the world by combining the banality of an aging man's lonely inner life and the objective facts he finds in the books of his isolated home. As a rainstorm rages outside, Max Frisch's protagonist, Geiser, watches the mountain landscape crumble beneath landslides and flooding, and speculates that the town will be wiped out by the collapse of a section of the mountain. Seeking refuge from the storm in town, he makes his way through a difficult and dangerous mountain pass, only to abandon his original plan and return home. A compelling meditation by one of Frisch's most original characters, Man in the Holocene charts Geiser's desperate attempt to find his place in history and in the confusing and fragile world outside his window.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 113).
Added Author
Skelton, Geoffrey.
Series
Swiss literature series
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