A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS (First UK edition - first impression)

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 11 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4P 4EE, 1965

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First impression of the first UK edition, and the first edition in English translation. Originally published in German as "Mein Name Sei Gantenbein" by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. Translated from the German by Michael Bullock. Jacket design by Michael Harvey. ***very good in light-brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Boards clean and unmarked. Gilt still beautifully bright. Head and tail of spine just slightly creased. Corners sharp - just slightly creased at the top corner tips. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Foxing and slight darkening to the top edge of the page block. Just very light foxing to the other edges. Internally near fine with a neat contemporary ownership inscription in ink to the top of the front free endpaper. Pages clean and bright with no internal foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 30s net. The dustwrapper is complete, with just slight rubbing and creasing to the extremities. No creases, chips or tears. Back panel of dustwrapper slightly marked and foxed (being a white background). Dustwrapper otherwise bright without any fading to the colours on the spine. ***206mm x 140mm. 304 pages. ***'This is Max Frisch's first novel for ten years. His two earlier novels, "I'm Not Stiller" and "Homo Faber", were both concerned with identity, and explored a new narrative technique. Frisch believes that the "God's eye view" of story telling, in which the writer is credited with complete knowledge of his characters, is no longer valid. The shifting relationships between men and women can only be caught obliquely - through invention and fantasy. ***In Frisch's own words, he "tries on stories like clothes". Every circumstance, every action, can be seen, in a different light, like Lila herself, who first appears as a great actress, then as a countess, then as an unmarried woman without a job, then suddenly as an actress again. The multiplicity of stories reflects the multiplicity of human existence.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper). ***'Max Rudolf Frisch (15 May 1911 - 4 April 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity, individuality, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of irony is a significant feature of his post-war output. Frisch was one of the founders of Gruppe Olten. He was awarded the 1965 Jerusalem Prize, the 1973 Grand Schiller Prize, and the 1986 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. ***"Gantenbein" is a 1964 novel by the Swiss writer Max Frisch. Its original German title is "Mein Name sei Gantenbein", which roughly means "My name be Gantenbein." It was translated into English in 1965 by Michael Bullock as "A Wilderness of Mirrors" (later reprinted with the title "Gantenbein"). The novel features an anonymous narrator who tells a multitude of fictional stories, which together reveal certain traits and patterns. In a 1964 self-reflective text, Frisch explained his approach to narrative structure in "Gantenbein". He wrote that the aim was "to show the reality of an individual by having him appear as a blank patch outlined by the sum of fictional entities congruent with his personality. The story is not told as if an individual could be identified by his factual behaviour; let him betray himself in his fictions"'. (Wiki) ***First impression of the first UK edition, and the first English translation, in its original dustwrapper in very nice, bright condition. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel
A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS (First UK edition - first impression)
Autor
Max Frisch (Translated from the German by Michael Bullock)
Verlag
Methuen & Co. Ltd., 11 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4P 4EE
Veröffentlichungsjahr
1965
Zustand
Very Good
Schutzumschlag
Very Good
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
Illustrator
Michael Harvey (Jacket design)
Ausgabe
First UK Edition
Druck
First Impression
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