Man in the holocene : a story
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Man in the holocene : a story
（Swiss literature series）
Dalkey Archive Press, 2007, c1980
1st Dalkey Archive ed
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Mensch erscheint im Holozän
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 113)
Description based on 2nd printing, 2012
Originally published in German by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt, 1979
First English translation published by arrangement with Harcourt, 1980
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A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs a powerful vision of our place in the world by combining the banality of an aging man’s lonely inner life and the objective facts he finds in the books of his isolated home. As a rainstorm rages outside, Max Frisch’s protagonist, Geiser, watches the mountain landscape crumble beneath landslides and flooding, and speculates that the town will be wiped out by the collapse of a section of the mountain. Seeking refuge from the storm in town, he makes his way through a difficult and dangerous mountain pass, only to abandon his original plan and return home.
A compelling meditation by one of Frisch’s most original characters, Man in the Holocene charts Geiser’s desperate attempt to find his place in history and in the confusing and fragile world outside his window.
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