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The Pledge
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Description for The Pledge
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 206 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Set in a small town in Switzerland, The Pledge centers around the murder of a young girl and the detective who promises the victim's mother he will find the perpetrator. After deciding the wrong man has been arrested for the crime, the detective lays a trap for the real killer--with all the patience of a master fisherman. But cruel turns of plot conspire to make him pay dearly for his pledge. Here Friedrich D rrenmatt conveys his brilliant ear for dialogue and a devastating sense of timing and suspense. Joel Agee's skilled translation effectively captures the various voices in the ... Read more
Set in a small town in Switzerland, The Pledge centers around the murder of a young girl and the detective who promises the victim's mother he will find the perpetrator. After deciding the wrong man has been arrested for the crime, the detective lays a trap for the real killer--with all the patience of a master fisherman. But cruel turns of plot conspire to make him pay dearly for his pledge. Here Friedrich D rrenmatt conveys his brilliant ear for dialogue and a devastating sense of timing and suspense. Joel Agee's skilled translation effectively captures the various voices in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
221g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226174372
SKU
V9780226174372
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Ref
99-1
About Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich D rrenmatt (1921-1990) was a prolific Swiss dramatist, novelist, and essayist. His Selected Writings, in three volumes, is also published by the University of Chicago Press. Joel Agee has translated numerous German authors into English. Sven Birkerts is the author of six books, including The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age and My Sky ... Read more
Reviews for The Pledge
A stark essay in crime and pursuit, as terse and assured in construction as the best of Simenon.
(09/11/1959) An unusual and arresting novel of crime and detection. Mr. D rrenmatt is an accomplished and dramatic storyteller, and he has tucked into his short narrative some tantalizing moral questions.
(04/10/1959) The Swiss essayist Friedrich D rrenmatt (1921-90) ... Read more
(09/11/1959) An unusual and arresting novel of crime and detection. Mr. D rrenmatt is an accomplished and dramatic storyteller, and he has tucked into his short narrative some tantalizing moral questions.
(04/10/1959) The Swiss essayist Friedrich D rrenmatt (1921-90) ... Read more