{"product_id":"friedrich-durrenmatt-selected-writings-volume-3-essays-paperback","title":"Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Selected Writings, Volume 3, Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFriedrich Dürrenmatt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese translations of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's essays introduce the writer to a new generation of readers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-90) was one of the most important literary figures of the second half of the twentieth century. During the years of the cold war, arguably only Beckett, Camus, Sartre, and Brecht rivaled him as a presence in European letters. Yet outside Europe, this prolific author is primarily known for only one work, \u003ci\u003eThe Visit\u003c\/i\u003e. With these long-awaited translations of his plays, fictions, and essays, Dürrenmatt becomes available again in all his brilliance to the English-speaking world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dürrenmatt's essays, gathered in this third volume of \u003ci\u003eSelected\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWritings\u003c\/i\u003e, are among his most impressive achievements. Their range alone is astonishing: he wrote with authority and charm about art, literature, philosophy, politics, and the theater. The selections here include Dürrenmatt's best-known essays, such as \"Theater Problems\" and \"Monster Essay on Justice and Law,\" as well as the notes he took on a 1970 journey in America (in which he finds the United States \"increasingly susceptible to every kind of fascism\"). This volume also includes essays that shade into fiction, such as \"The Winter War in Tibet,\" a fantasy of a third world war waged in a vast subterranean labyrinth-a Plato's Cave allegory rewritten for our own troubled times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dürrenmatt has long been considered a great writer, but one unfairly neglected in the modern world of letters. With these elegantly conceived and expertly translated volumes, a new generation of readers will rediscover his greatest works.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFriedrich Dürrenmatt\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1921 in the village of Konolfingen, near Berne, Switzerland, and was the son of a Protestant minister. During World War II he studied philosophy and literature at the Universities of Berne and Zurich. He wrote prolifically and traveled widely in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, taking particular interest in human rights and the preservation of Israel. \u003cb\u003eJoel Agee \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated numerous German authors into English, including Heinrich von Kleist, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Elias Canetti. He is the author of two memoirs: \u003ci\u003eTwelve Years: An American Boyhood in East Germany\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the House of My Fear\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e Kenneth J. Northcott \u003c\/b\u003e(1922-2019) was professor emeritus of German at the University of Chicago. He translated many books for the University of Chicago Press.\u003cb\u003e Brian Evenson \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of numerous works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eA Collapse of Horses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Warren\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches in the Critical Studies Program at the California Institute of the Arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755369169184,"sku":"9780226838328","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ccf0acba0ba936c291f38b49f5ede20c.webp?v=1780057068","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/friedrich-durrenmatt-selected-writings-volume-3-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}