30 Poems

Informationen zum Autor Robert Walser (1878-1956) was born in Switzerland. He left school at fourteen and led a wandering and precarious existence working as a bank clerk, a butler in a castle, and an inventor's assistant while producing essays, stories, and novels. In 1933 he abandoned writing and entered a sanatorium-where he remained for the rest of his life. "I am not here to write," Walser said, "but to be mad." Klappentext In a small, exquisite clothbound format resembling the early Swiss and German editions of Walser's work, Thirty Poems collects famed translator Christopher Middleton's favorite poems from the more than five hundred Walser wrote. The illustrations range from an early poem in perfect copperplate handwriting, to one from a 1927 Czech-German newspaper, to a microscript. Zusammenfassung A deluxe edition of the Swiss master's best poems.

About the author

Robert Walser (1878-1956) was born in Switzerland. He left school at fourteen and led a wandering and precarious existence working as a bank clerk, a butler in a castle, and an inventor's assistant while producing essays, stories, and novels. In 1933 he abandoned writing and entered a sanatorium-where he remained for the rest of his life. "I am not here to write," Walser said, "but to be mad."

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Middleton, Robert Walser
• Assisted by: Christopher Middleton (Translation)
• Publisher: New Directions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.06.2012
• EAN: 9780811220019
• ISBN: 978-0-8112-2001-9
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 185 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies