Clairvoyant Of The Small
Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser by Susan Bernofsky. It’s the first English-language biography of the enigmatic Swiss-German modernist writer Robert Walser, whose delicate, often miniature prose captivated literary giants like Franz Kafka and Walter Benjamin.
Bernofsky—Walser’s award-winning translator—paints a vivid portrait of a man who lived on the margins of society and literature, yet whose work profoundly influenced 20th-century thought. The biography explores Walser’s eccentric life, his retreat into solitude, and his revolutionary literary style that celebrated the overlooked and the ordinary.
If you’re drawn to literary biographies or the quiet brilliance of modernist writing, this one’s a gem.
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- Yale University Press
- 9780300220643
- May 25, 2021
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- 392
- L 24.2cm x W 16.5cm x H 3.0cm
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