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Swiss

Book Review: Robert Walser’s Big Small Thoughts — Modest But Miraculous

In his prose and poetry, Swiss writer Robert Walser revolts from the chaos of modernity, engaging in extreme subjectivity only to confess to the heresy that is the self, choosing to revel in the simplicity of the rural life. Not for truth, but for the sake of a fleeting rapture.

By: Christopher M. Ohge Filed Under: Books, Featured, World Books Tagged: Berlin Stories, fiction-in-translation, german, Robert-Walser, Susan-Bernofsky, Swiss, The Walk, Thirty Poems

World Books Update

By Bill Marx Two more reviews posted on my World Books page at PRI’s The World.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, World Books Tagged: Anonymous Celebrity, Horror fiction, Jacques Chessex, Jeremias Gotthelf, Swiss, The Black Spider, The Vampire of Ropraz

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