The Robber

By Robert Walser

Book Overview

The Robber, Robert Walser's last novel, tells the story of a dreamer on a journey of self-discovery. It is a hybrid of love story, tragedy, and farce, with a protagonist who sweet-talks teaspoons, flirts with important politicians, plays maidservant to young boys, and uses a passerby's mouth as an ashtray. Walser's novel spoofs the stiff-upper-lipped European petit bourgeois and its nervous reactions to whatever threatens the stability of its worldview.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803298099
• ISBN13: 9780803298095
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.5"