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Synopsis
Otto von Lambert's wife is found dead. He urges F to undertake an assignement to reconstruct the murder. F is fascinated by Otto's notes and by the discovery that Tina had kept an eerie journal on her psychiatrist husband and finds herself involved in a web of murder and international intrigue.
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About the Author
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born in 1921 in the village of Konolfingen, near Berne, Switzerland. He wrote prolifically during the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, taking particular interest in human rights and the preservation of Israel. He is the author of numerous 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.
Theodore Ziolkowski is the Class of 1900 Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He is the author of many books, including The Mirror of Justice: Literary Reflections of Legal Crises.
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Text: English, German (translation)
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- PublisherRandom House
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 9992796472
- ISBN 13 9789992796474
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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