Carl Seelig

Walks with Walser

Buch

After a nervous breakdown in 1929, Robert Walser spent the remaining twenty-seven years of his life in mental asylums, closed off from the rest of the world in almost complete anonymity. While at the Herisau sanitarium, instead of writing, Walser practiced another favorite activity: walking. Starting in 1936, Carl Seelig, Walser's friend and literary executor, visited and accompanied him on these walks, meticulously recording their conversations. As they strolled, Walser told stories, shared his daily experiences of the sanatorium, and expressed his opinions about books and art, writing and history. When Seelig asked why he no longer wrote, W… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Posten, Anne (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-8112-2139-9
EAN: 9780811221399
Produktnummer: 20087045
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 200 S.
Masse: H20.1 cm x B12.8 cm x D1.0 cm 161 g
Gewicht: 161

Über den Autor

Carl Seelig (1894-1962) was a Swiss editor and writer and Robert Walser'sfriend, guardian, and literary executor. He was a selfless supporter of countless otherwriters, and was also Albert Einstein's first biographer.