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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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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 13-6018 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- 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
- 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 classicsNew York Review Books classics.
- Added Author
- Walser, Karl, 1877-1943, illustrator.Searls, Damion, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 13-6018