Microscripts (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by New Directions Publishing Corporation, New York, 2012
- First Edition
- Softcover
- New
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Paperback. Robert Walser wrote many of his manuscripts in a highly enigmatic, shrunken-down form. These narrow strips of paper, covered with tiny ant-like pencil markings a millimeter high, came to light only after the author's death in 1956.At first considered random restless pencil markings or a secret code, the microscripts were in time discovered to be a radically miniaturized form of antique German script: a whole story was deciphered on the back of a business card. These twenty-five short pieces address schnapps, rotten husbands, small town life, elegant jaunts, the radio, swine, jealousy, and marriage proposals. Now in a gorgeous new paperback edition with full-color illustrations by Maira Kalman, Microscripts is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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- Title
- Microscripts (Paperback)
- Author
- Robert Walser
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation, New York
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0811220338
- ISBN 13
- 9780811220330
- Illustrator
- Kalman, Maira
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Now in a gorgeous new paperback edition with full-color illustrations by Maira Kalman, Microscripts is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Robert Walser wrote many of his manuscripts in a highly enigmatic, shrunken-down form. These narrow strips of paper, covered with tiny ant-like pencil markings a millimeter high, came to light only after the author’s death in 1956.At first considered random restless pencil markings or a secret code, the microscripts were in time discovered to be a radically miniaturized form of antique German script: a whole story was deciphered on the back of a business card. These twenty-five short pieces address schnapps, rotten husbands, small town life, elegant jaunts, the radio, swine, jealousy, and marriage proposals."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Susan Bernofsky has translated works by Franz Kafka and Hermann Hesse, among others, and is the recipient of many awards, including the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize. She is the director of the literary translation program at Columbia University and lives in New York.
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