The Robber (novel)
.jpg) | |
| Author | Robert Walser |
|---|---|
| Original title | Die Räuber |
| Translator | Susan Bernofsky |
| Language | German |
Publication date | 1972 |
| Publication place | West Germany |
Published in English | March 2000 |
| Pages | 191 |
The Robber (German: Die Räuber) is a novel by the Swiss writer Robert Walser, written in 1925 and published posthumously in 1972. It is about an idle and maladjusted man who appears to have commissioned the novel's narrator to write about his life in Bern and failures with women. The text is full of digressions with little relation to the plot.[1][2][3]
It was one of the manuscripts Walser wrote in a miniature script, a smaller variation of Kurrent, which were found after his death. The entire novel was written on 24 manuscript pages. The Robber was found untitled and is assumed to never have been intended for publication by its author. It was first transcribed and published by Jochen Greven.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gisi, Lucas Marco, ed. (2018). "'Räuber'-Roman (verfasst 1925)". Robert Walser-Handbuch. Leben – Werk – Wirkung (in German). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. pp. 180–189. ISBN 978-3-476-04594-2.
- ^ Bernofsky, Susan (1999). "A Note on Robert Walser and The Robber (1925)". Chicago Review. 45 (3/4): 5–15. doi:10.2307/25304399.
- ^ "The Robber". 15 March 2000. Retrieved 13 May 2025.