Susan Sontag describes Walser as 'a good-humoured, sweet Beckett'. 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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Susan Sontag describes Walser as 'a good-humoured, sweet Beckett'. 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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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First American edition. Foreword by Susan Sontag. Translated by Christopher Middleton. Slightly bowed boards and spotting thus very good in a very good dust jacket with some fading, internal toning, and edgewear.
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Used; Good. Used; Good. 20-C-17 Farrar Straus Giroux 1982 Hardcover. Stated First printing. Previous owner's name on front free end page. A few pages have light pencil underlining which does not obscure text. Jacket has two closed tears on front. Book Condition; Good Jacket Condition; Good. 1982. HARDCOVER.
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