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A schoolboy's diary : and other stories

Title
A schoolboy's diary : and other stories / Robert Walser ; selected and translated from the German by Damion Searls ; illustrations by Karl Walser ; introduction by Ben Lerner.
Author
Walser, Robert, 1878-1956.
Publication
New York : New York Review Books, [2013]

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TextUse in library JFD 13-6018Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Additional Authors
  • Walser, Karl, 1877-1943
  • Searls, Damion
Description
xvii, 179 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
Presents a collection of short stories dealing with the complexities and contradictions of everyday life in Germany prior to World War II.
Series Statement
New York Review Books classics
Uniform Title
  • Short stories. Selections. English
  • New York Review Books classics.
Alternative Title
Short stories.
Subject
  • Walser, Robert, 1878-1956 > Translations into English
  • Walser, Robert, 1878-1956
Genre/Form
  • Short stories.
  • Translations.
Note
  • A new selection of stories, not translated from any existing collection.
Contents
Fritz Kocher's essays: Introduction -- Man -- Autumn -- the Fire -- Friendship Poverty -- School -- Politeness -- Nature -- Open Topic from the Imagination -- Careers -- The Fatherland -- My Mountain -- Our City -- Christmas -- Instead of an Essay -- The Fair -- Music -- The Essay -- The Classroom -- Greifen Lake -- Six Little Stories: About a Poet -- Lute -- Piano -- The Beautiful Place -- Letter From a Gentleman -- The Poet -- The Mountain -- A Curious city -- The Island -- [Untitled, Crossed Out] -- The Heathstone -- Two Little Things -- By the Lake -- The City -- Spring -- A Schoolboy's Diary -- Hanswurst -- School Visit -- Hat-Chitti -- The Rowboat -- Ascent by Night -- Adventure on a Train -- Apollo and Diana -- A Story -- The New Novel -- The Letter -- The Italian Novella -- Caseman and Houseman -- The Idol -- The Cover -- The Great Talent -- The Wicked Woman -- A Son and His Mother -- Student and Teacher -- A Model Student -- The Tale of the Four Happy Fellows -- Summer in the Country -- Swift and Sluggish -- From My Youth -- All Right Then -- Reading -- A Devil of a Story -- The Soldier -- Something About Soldiers -- In the Military -- The German Language -- Morning and Night -- Flowers -- The Little Tree -- The Last Prose Piece -- Hans.
Call Number
JFD 13-6018
ISBN
  • 9781590176726
  • 1590176723
LCCN
2013011577
OCLC
841187532
Author
Walser, Robert, 1878-1956.
Title
A schoolboy's diary : and other stories / Robert Walser ; selected and translated from the German by Damion Searls ; illustrations by Karl Walser ; introduction by Ben Lerner.
Publisher
New York : New York Review Books, [2013]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New York Review Books classics
New York Review Books classics.
Added Author
Walser, Karl, 1877-1943, illustrator.
Searls, Damion, translator.
Research Call Number
JFD 13-6018
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