 Book cover | |
| Author | Max Frisch |
|---|---|
| Original title | Blaubart |
| Translator | Geoffrey Skelton |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Publisher | Suhrkamp Verlag |
Publication date | 1982 |
Published in English | 1982 |
| Pages | 171 |
| ISBN | 3518028448 |
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Eine schöne neue Erzählung, die sich mit 'Montauk' und 'Holozän' ganz offensichtlich zum epischen Triptychon gerundet hat.
sehr wortkarges, ja ein schweigsames Buch"; "Die Erzählung spricht streckenweise tatsächlich die peinliche, andeutende und doch nackte Sprache des Traums, des Verdrängten eines sehr hell und manchmal auch zu fein ausgeleuchteten Traums.
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