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    Robert Walser

    Robert Walser (1878–1956) was born in Switzerland. He left school at fourteen and led a wandering and precarious existence working as a bank clerk, a butler in a castle, and an inventor's assistant while producing essays, stories, 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."

    Robert Walser

    Robert Walser (1878–1956) was born in Switzerland. He left school at fourteen and led a wandering and precarious existence working as a bank clerk, a butler in a castle, and an inventor's assistant while producing essays, stories, 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."

    Books by Robert Walser

    • Fairy Tales: Dramolettes

      Robert Walser, Daniele Pantano, James Reidel, Reto Sorg

      Paperback, 2015

      Three mini-plays by the German wunderkind and asylum-dweller.

    • Looking at Pictures

      Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky, Lydia Davis, Christopher Middleton

      Hardback, 2015

      A special side of Robert Walser: his essays on art

    • The Tanners

      Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky, W. G. Sebald

      Paperback, 2009

      "The Tanners is a contender for Funniest Book of the Year."—The Village Voice

    • The Walk

      Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky

      Paperback, 2012

      Robert Walser's preferred alternate version of his classic tale. In a new translation by Susan Bernofsky, The Walk is an elegant consideration of walking and the philosophical musings it engenders....

    • Thirty Poems

      Robert Walser, Christopher Middleton

      Hardback, 2012

      A deluxe edition of the Swiss master’s best poems.

    • Microscripts

      Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky, Maira Kalman

      Paperback, 2012

      Now in a gorgeous new paperback edition with full-color illustrations by Maira Kalman, Microscripts is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.

    • The Tanners

      Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky, W. G. Sebald

      E Book, 2012

      "The Tanners is a contender for Funniest Book of the Year."—The Village Voice

    • Fairy Tales: Dramolettes

      Robert Walser, Daniele Pantano, James Reidel, Reto Sorg

      E Book, 2015

      Three mini-plays by the German wunderkind and asylum-dweller.

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