| Man in the Holocene Contributor(s): Frisch, Max (Author), Skelton, Geoffrey (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1564784665 ISBN-13: 9781564784667 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $11.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs a powerful vision of our place in the world by combining the banality of an aging man's lonely inner life and the objective facts he finds in the books of his isolated home. As a rainstorm rages outside, Max Frisch's protagonist, Geiser, watches the mountain landscape crumble beneath landslides and flooding, and speculates that the town will be wiped out by the collapse of a section of the mountain. Seeking refuge from the storm in town, he makes his way through a difficult and dangerous mountain pass, only to abandon his original plan and return home. A compelling meditation by one of Frisch's most original characters, Man in the Holocene charts Geiser's desperate attempt to find his place in history and in the confusing and fragile world outside his window. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006036442 |
| Series: Swiss Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 7.8" (0.31 lbs) 112 pages |