{"product_id":"the-poems-hardcover","title":"The Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Walser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniele Pantano\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDaniele Pantano\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first complete publication of Robert Walser's poems translated into English.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Admired by the likes of Kafka, Musil, and Walter Benjamin and acclaimed \"unforgettable, heart-rending\" by J. M. Coetzee, Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878-1956) remains one of the most influential authors of modern literature. Walser left school at fourteen and led a wandering and precarious existence while producing poems, stories, essays, and novels. In 1933, he abandoned writing and entered a sanatorium, where he remained for the rest of his life. \"I am not here to write,\" Walser said, \"but to be mad.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This first collection of Walser's poems in English translation allows English-speaking readers to experience the author as he saw himself at the beginning and the end of his literary career--as a poet. The book also includes notes on dates of composition, draft versions of the printed poems, and brief biographical information on characters and locations that appear in the poems and may not be known to readers. Few writers have ever experienced such a steady rise in their reputation and public profile as Walser has seen in recent years, and this collection of his poems will help readers discover a unique writer whose off-kilter sensibility and innovations in form are perfectly suited to our fragmented, distracted, bewildering era. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Walser\u003c\/b\u003e (1878-1956) was a German-speaking Swiss writer who produced seven novels and more than a thousand short stories and prose pieces. \u003cb\u003eDaniele Pantano\u003c\/b\u003e is a Swiss poet and literary translator, and a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Lincoln. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 412\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765869216032,"sku":"9781803090696","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7e13e2c46ae8686bf0e80aa1def8f7e5.webp?v=1780282044","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-poems-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}