Joseph Marti viene dalle �profondit� della societ� umana, dagli angoli bui, silenziosi, meschini della grande citt� e si accinge a varcare la soglia di un'imponente villa sul lago per prendere servizio come assistente dell'eccentrico ingegner Tobler. Si immerger� in un microcosmo borghese dove �famiglia e lavoro sono tanto vicini da toccarsi�, abitato dalla sussiegosa moglie di Tobler, dalla ruvida serva Pauline e dai quattro figli che lo guardano �di traverso come un oggetto strano e sconosciuto�. Un mondo, in realt�, destinato presto a sgretolarsi: nel volgere di una stagione Joseph - indimenticabile antieroe walseriano dall'esistenza simile a �una giacca provvisoria, un vestito che non calza bene� - assister� al declino di �padron Toble�, le cui dissennate invenzioni lo votano al fallimento. Come Joseph Marti, Walser sembra rivolgere il suo sguardo solo agli avvenimenti minuscoli, alla vita sparpagliata, a tutto ci� che � trascurabile. Il suo tono � leggero, puerile o divagante, il tono delle parole che passano e si cancellano da sole. Tutta la sua esistenza ci riconduce al Bartleby di Melville, l'impeccabile scrivano che non rivelava nulla e non accettava nulla, se non biscotti allo zenzero. �Nulla mi fa pi� piacere del dare una falsa immagine di me a coloro che ho rinchiuso nel mio cuore� scrisse una volta. E difficilmente potr� evitare l'equivoco su di lui chi non riconosca che ogni sua frase sottintende una precedente catastrofe. � quello che accade in questo romanzodiario, �compendio di vita quotidiana svizzera�, come egli stesso l'ha definito, dove Walser riesce miracolosamente a evocare l'abisso che all'improvviso pu� spalancarsi sulla liscia superficie di un placido lago, a raffigurarne l'orrore e insieme l'attrazione - raggiungendo uno dei vertici della sua arte.

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