The Assignment: Or, On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers

Durrenmatt, Friedrich;Agee, Joel

ISBN 10: 0679722335 / ISBN 13: 9780679722335

Published by Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Assignment: Or, On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers
• Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679722335
• ISBN 13: 9780679722335
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Fiction, Literature, German Literature, World Literature

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.