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Synopsis
Durrenmatt's novella is a chilling study of paranoia. From the moment F, a film-maker, accepts the assignment to reconstruct a disturbing and mysterious death she is enmeshed in a web of international personal intrigue.
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"A tour-de-force . . . mesmerizing."--"Village Voice""" "" ""
"[Durrenmatt] doesn't so much alter the rules as sweep all the figures to the floor."--"Guardian """ "" ""
"A tour-de-force . . . mesmerizing."-Village Voice
"A parable of hell for an age consumed by images."-New York Times Book Review
"[Drrenmatt] doesn't so much alter the rules as sweep all the figures to the floor."-Guardian
"His most ambitious book . . . dark and devious . . . almost obsessively drawn to mankind's most fiendish crimes."-Chicago Tribune
"Reading Drrenmatt's work leaves us with the impression of having witnessed the creation and then the explosion of a small galaxy. The light continues to reach us long after closing his books." -- Alberto Manguel "Spectator"
“Reading Dürrenmatt’s work leaves us with the impression of having witnessed the creation and then the explosion of a small galaxy. The light continues to reach us long after closing his books.”—Alberto Manguel, "Spectator""" "" --Alberto Manguel "Spectator "
“Mystery readers should be grateful to the University of Chicago Press for bringing these gems back to life.”—Richard Lipez, "Washington"" Post""" "" "" "" --Richard Lipez "Washington Post "
"Reading Durrenmatt's work leaves us with the impression of having witnessed the creation and then the explosion of a small galaxy. The light continues to reach us long after closing his books."--Alberto Manguel "Spectator "
About the Author
Friedrich Durrenmatt (1921-90) is the author of several books published by the University of Chicago Press, including The Pledge. Joel Agee has translated numerous German authors into English, including Heinrich von Kleist, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Elias Canetti. In 2005 he received the Modern Language Association's Lois Roth Award for his translation of Hans Erich Nossack's The End: Hamburg 1943.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0330308424
- ISBN 13 9780330308427
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages144
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The Assignment or On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers
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London, Picador Pan Books,, 1989
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8° , Taschenbuch. Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Assignment or On the Observing of the Observer of the Obeservers, hrsg. Picador Pan Books, London, 1989, TB, 8°, 129 S gebräunt, in Englischer Sprache, guter Zustand Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 750. Seller Inventory # 42390
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The Assignment: Or on the Observing of the Observer of the Observers
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback: Good Condition. Pages Bright, Clean And Unmarked. Binding Tight And Secure. Clean Covers, Minimal Wear. Photograph Is Added By Selling Site And Not Ours, Therefore May Not Reflect This Edition Or Condition. Please Contact Us For Pictures If Desired. Seller Inventory # 045138
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