Conversation of the Three Wayfarers

By Peter Weiss

Book Overview

Conversation of the Three Wayfarers is a tale overheard, rather than told directly. Abel, Babel, and Cabel, the wayfarers, carry on a three-sided monologue, each reporting curious incidents--the effect is of three capers rolled into one: a steeplechase performed on a floating pontoon. But are they really three distinct individuals? Why do their lives blend in such a fantastic manner? Weiss's strikingly original prose has an impossibly contained quality, with each sentence doing a perfect double-double backflip before neatly landing. This essential rediscovered work, from the masterful and acclaimed German modernist Peter Weiss, will be a delightful discovery for readers of Kafka, Musil, and Gombrowicz.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811231631
• ISBN13: 9780811231633
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 6.9"