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Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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Description:Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss born playwright, drama critic and graphic artist is regarded, alongside Max Frisch and Bertolt Brecht, as among the most celebrated dramatists of his generation. His sensational stage effects, his ability to capture and change mood, and his unerring sense of parody have ensured his pre-eminence in the theatre since his early work in the 1940s.But Dürrenmatt is also a writer of fiction. Long out of print in this country and for the first time collected together in one edition, these five novels stand as a testimonial to Dürrenmatt's genius; for of them paradoxical Kafka-esque detective stories; the fifth a bold hair-raising comedy - all typically unsettling, bitter, and cruelly funny.The five novels are:The Judge and His Hangman: in which Barlach, a terminally ill, idealistic detetive plans to frame he master criminal Gastman.The Quarry: Barlach, with little more than a year to live, suspects that the good Doctor Emmenberger, head of a private clinic in Zurich is none other than the infamous concentration camp Dr Neble and uses his own body as the trap. The Pledge: A peddler, suspected of murdering a young girl, hangs himself. Commissioner Matthias believes differently, and takes over a gas station complete with woman and child, to entice the real murderer into another act.A Dangerous Game: A businessman is put through a grotesque trial, ad forced to acknowledge his own responsibility for his boss's death.Once A Greek: Min bureaucrat Archilochos, petit bourgeois par excellence, places a newspaper advertisement seeking a marriage partner and meets the leading courtesan of the city, a paragon of beauty, wealth and good nature, the angelic Chloe who wants to retire from her profession into a family life... with the blessing of her clientèle who think her retirement well deserved.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Novels of Friedrich Dürrenmatt. To get started finding The Novels of Friedrich Dürrenmatt, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 1985

ISBN: 0330291122

Description: Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss born playwright, drama critic and graphic artist is regarded, alongside Max Frisch and Bertolt Brecht, as among the most celebrated dramatists of his generation. His sensational stage effects, his ability to capture and change mood, and his unerring sense of parody have ensured his pre-eminence in the theatre since his early work in the 1940s.But Dürrenmatt is also a writer of fiction. Long out of print in this country and for the first time collected together in one edition, these five novels stand as a testimonial to Dürrenmatt's genius; for of them paradoxical Kafka-esque detective stories; the fifth a bold hair-raising comedy - all typically unsettling, bitter, and cruelly funny.The five novels are:The Judge and His Hangman: in which Barlach, a terminally ill, idealistic detetive plans to frame he master criminal Gastman.The Quarry: Barlach, with little more than a year to live, suspects that the good Doctor Emmenberger, head of a private clinic in Zurich is none other than the infamous concentration camp Dr Neble and uses his own body as the trap. The Pledge: A peddler, suspected of murdering a young girl, hangs himself. Commissioner Matthias believes differently, and takes over a gas station complete with woman and child, to entice the real murderer into another act.A Dangerous Game: A businessman is put through a grotesque trial, ad forced to acknowledge his own responsibility for his boss's death.Once A Greek: Min bureaucrat Archilochos, petit bourgeois par excellence, places a newspaper advertisement seeking a marriage partner and meets the leading courtesan of the city, a paragon of beauty, wealth and good nature, the angelic Chloe who wants to retire from her profession into a family life... with the blessing of her clientèle who think her retirement well deserved.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Novels of Friedrich Dürrenmatt. To get started finding The Novels of Friedrich Dürrenmatt, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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