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Man in the Holocene : a story

Title
Man in the Holocene : a story / Max Frisch ; translated from the German by Geoffrey Skelton.
Author
Frisch, Max, 1911-1991
Publication
  • New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1980]
  • ©1980

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Additional Authors
  • Skelton, Geoffrey
  • Dedalus Foundation, donor NN
Description
113 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
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.
Uniform Title
Mensch erscheint im Holozän. English
Alternative Title
Mensch erscheint im Holozän.
Subject
  • Prehistoric peoples
  • Imagination > Fiction
  • Loneliness > Fiction
  • Loneliness
  • Imagination
Genre/Form
  • Novels.
  • Novellas.
  • Fiction.
  • Detective and mystery fiction.
Note
  • Translation of Der Mensch erscheint im Holozän.
  • "A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Source (note)
  • of the Dedalus Foundation;
Language (note)
  • Translated into English from the original German.
Call Number
ReCAP 24-4472
ISBN
  • 0151569312
  • 9780151569311
LCCN
79003351
OCLC
5940872
Author
Frisch, Max, 1911-1991, author.
Title
Man in the Holocene : a story / Max Frisch ; translated from the German by Geoffrey Skelton.
Publisher
New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1980]
Copyright Date
©1980
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Translated into English from the original German.
Local Note
Copy in ReCAP 24-4472 inscribed.
Source
Gift; of the Dedalus Foundation; 2024. NN
Added Author
Skelton, Geoffrey, translator.
Dedalus Foundation, donor NN
Other Form:
Online version: Frisch, Max, 1911-1991. Mensch erscheint im Holozän. English. Man in the Holocene. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1980 (OCoLC)567919828
Research Call Number
ReCAP 24-4472
JFD 80-8608
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