{"product_id":"sketchbook-1966-1971-hardcover","title":"Sketchbook, 1966-1971 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMax Frisch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSimon Pare\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh translation of the second volume of Max Frisch's diaries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By the time Swiss author Max Frisch published the second volume of his diaries or sketchbooks, he had achieved international recognition as a writer and dramatist. In this volume, he develops his version of the literary diary as a mosaic of musings on architecture and writing, travelogue, autobiography, and political insight. He considers Cold War tensions as well as the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements in the United States. Now middle-aged himself, he looks squarely at men's evolving attitude to life, love, sex, women, and status. And for all the idyllic descriptions of his new home in Berzona, Frisch becomes increasingly critical of his native Switzerland, in particular the crackdowns on left-wingers and protestors, and receives abuse for his stance. Based on the second German edition that reinstated material that had been removed from the original 1972 version, this fresh and definitive translation brings an important mid-twentieth-century European classic back to life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Frisch \u003c\/b\u003e(1911-91) was a giant of twentieth-century literature, achieving fame as a novelist, playwright, diarist, and essayist. His works include \u003ci\u003eAndorra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI'm Not Stiller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Wilderness of Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMan in the Holocene\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eSimon Pare \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator of French and German literature who lives in Switzerland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772354068768,"sku":"9781803091402","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/de817ad0e24de66b1bda81cb7db9784d.webp?v=1780403846","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sketchbook-1966-1971-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}