I’m Not Stiller - Couverture souple

Frisch, Max

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1803091886 ISBN 13 : 9781803091884

Editeur : Seagull Books London Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

A renowned novel of self-deceit and self-acceptance.

Arrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, a prisoner begins this book with an exclamation: “I'm not Stiller!” He claims that his name is Jim White, and that he has been jailed under false charges and under the wrong identity. To prove he is who he claims to be, he confesses to three unsolved murders and recalls in great detail an adventuresome life in America and Mexico among cowboys and peasants, in back alleys and docks. He is consumed by “the morbid impulse to convince,” but no one believes him.

This is a harrowing account―part Kafka, part Camus―of the power of self-deception and the freedom that ultimately lies in self-acceptance. Simultaneously haunting and humorous, I'm Not Stiller has come to be recognized as one of the major post-war works of fiction and a masterpiece of German literature.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Max Frisch (1911–1991) was a giant of twentieth-century German literature, achieving fame as a novelist, playwright, diarist, and essayist. His works include Andorra and Man in the Holocene. Michael Bullock (1918–2008) was a British translator, poet, novelist, and the principal English translator of Swiss playwright and novelist Max Frisch.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1803091886
• ISBN 13: 9781803091884
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
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