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Fairy Tales: Dramolettes
Robert Walser
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Description for Fairy Tales: Dramolettes
Paperback. Translator(s): Pantano, Daniele; Reidel, James. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Fairy Tales gathers the unconventional verse dramolettes of the Swiss writer Robert Walser. Narrated in Walser's inimitable, playful language, these theatrical pieces overturn traditional notions of the fairy tale, transforming the Brothers Grimm into metatheater, even metareflections.
Snow White forgives the evil queen for trying to kill her, Cinderella doubts her prince and enjoys being hated by her evil stepsisters; the Fairy Tale itself is a character who encourages her to stay within the confines of the story. Sleeping Beauty, the royal family, and its retainers are not happy about being woken from their sleep by an absurd, unpretentious, Walser-like ... Read more
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Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811223980
SKU
V9780811223980
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About Robert Walser
Robert Walser (1878–1956) was born in Switzerland. He left school at fourteen and led a wandering and precarious existence working as a bank clerk, a butler in a castle, and an inventor's assistant while producing essays, stories, and novels. In 1933 he abandoned writing and entered a sanatorium—where he remained for the rest of his life. "I am not here ... Read more
Reviews for Fairy Tales: Dramolettes
"One of the most profound creations and one that is enough on its own to explain why the most powerful of all writers was a favorite author of the merciless Franz Kafka."
Walter Benjamin "A Paul Klee in prose—as delicate, as shy, as haunted. A cross between Stevie Smith and Beckett."
Susan Sontag "If he had a hundred ... Read more
Walter Benjamin "A Paul Klee in prose—as delicate, as shy, as haunted. A cross between Stevie Smith and Beckett."
Susan Sontag "If he had a hundred ... Read more