The Shoe Tester of Frankfurt

By Wilhelm Genazino

This brief and poignant novel from Germany explores existential questions as its 46-year-old narrator reflects on broken relationships and other failures, and struggles to come to terms with life.

The Shoe Tester of Frankfurt by Wilhelm Genazino, 2004 recipient of the Georg-Buchner-Preis, Germany's highest literary honor, is finally available to English-speaking readers in a pitch-perfect translation by Philip Boehm.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811215830
• ISBN13: 9780811215831
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"