The Assignment or On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers

DURRENMATT, Friedrich

ISBN 10: 0394560108 / ISBN 13: 9780394560106

Published by Random House, New York, 1988

About this Item

First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 129 pages. Translated from the German by Joel Agee. A clean and tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minute wear.

Seller Inventory # 189198

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Assignment or On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394560108
• ISBN 13: 9780394560106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

When F. accepts the assignment to investigate the alleged rape and murder of Otto von Lambert's wife, she becomes entangled in a world of mistaken identity, terrorism, political intrigue, and espionage

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 "