Homo Faber (Harvest Book) - Softcover

Frisch, Max

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156421356 ISBN 13: 9780156421355

Publisher: Harpervia, 1994

Synopsis

Walter Faber, engineer, is a man for whom only the tangible, calculable, verifiable exists. Dubbed Homo Faber (Man the Maker) by associates, he is devoted to the service of a purely technological world. This devoted service is not, however, without cost: on a flight to South America Faber succumbs to what he interprets as "fatigue phenomena, " and we see him lose touch with reality. A return to New York and to his American mistress only convinces him of a need for further rest. Accordingly he boards a ship for Europe, where he encounters a girl who, for reasons of which he is unaware, strongly attracts him. They travel together to France, Italy, and finally Greece, where chance and fate, in an ironic twist on a theme of classic tragedy, make a blind man see.

About this title

About the Author:

Max Frisch, born in Zurich in 1911, was one of the giants of twentieth-century literature, achieving fame as a novelist, playwright, diarist, and essayist. He died in 1991, the year Homo Faber was made by Volker Schlondorff into the acclaimed motion picture Voyager, starring Sam Shepard.

Synopsis:

Loneliness and despair invade the world of an engineer who comes to realize that he has failed as a friend, husband, and father.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpervia
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0156421356
• ISBN 13: 9780156421355
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228