The Assignment: Or on the Observing of the Observer of the Observers

Durrenmatt, Friedrich

ISBN 10: 0330308424 / ISBN 13: 9780330308427

Published by Pan Macmillan, London, 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Assignment: Or on the Observing of the Observer of the Observers
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan, London
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330308424
• ISBN 13: 9780330308427
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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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.

Review

"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 "