Research Catalog

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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Details

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