The microscripts
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Author
Contributions
- Benjamin, Walter - Contributor
- Bernofsky, Susan - Contributor
Publication
2012 - Christine Burgin Books, New York, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
40,000 words, Guess
Page Count
160 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780811220330
- ISBN-100811220338
- Library of Congress Control Number2012024305
- OCLC Control Number798093580
- Better World Books9780811220330
and 2 more
- Better World BooksO9-BLH-670
- Open LibraryOL25367420M
Classifications
- DDC833/.912
- LCCPT2647.A64 A2 2012
- LCCPT2647.A64A2 2012
Description
Robert Walser wrote many of his manuscripts in a highly enigmatic, reduced form. These narrow strips of paper, covered with tiny antlike pencil markings a millimeter high, came to light only after the author's death in 1956. At first misconstrued as secret code, the microscripts were eventually found to be a form of German script so radically miniaturized that an entire story might fit on the back of a business card. Selected from the six-volume German original, these twenty-five short pieces address schnapps, rotten husbands, small-town life, elegant jaunts, the radio, swine (and how none of us can deny being one), jealousy, and marriage proposals. This is the first English translation of Walser's work to be accompanied by facsimiles of the original microscripts and the original German texts.
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