The Walk (novella)
The Walk (German: Der Spaziergang) is a 1917 novella by the Swiss writer Robert Walser. It is set during a walk full of philosophical musings. It was first published in 1917, before Walser heavily revised the story in 1920.[1] The 1917 version was published in English in 1957, translated by Christopher Middleton.[2]
It was the main inspiration for the found-footage film All This Can Happen (2012) by Siobhan Davies and David Hinton[3] and the Rome-set COVID-19 film The Walk (2021) by Giovanni Maderna.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Gisi, Lucas Marco, ed. (2018). "Der Spaziergang (1917)". Robert Walser-Handbuch. Leben – Werk – Wirkung (in German). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. pp. 148–153. ISBN 978-3-476-04594-2.
- ^ Bernofsky, Susan (2019). "Translating Der Spaziergang". "Spazieren muss ich unbedingt". Robert Walser und die Kultur des Gehens. Robert Walser-Studien. Vol. 1. Brill, Fink. pp. 109–116. doi:10.30965/9783846763773_010. ISBN 9783846763773.
- ^ Butte, Maren (2016). "Walking-Relations: On The Walk by Robert Walser and All This Can Happen by Siobhan Davies and David Hinton". The International Journal of Screendance. 7. doi:10.18061/ijsd.v7i0.5456.
- ^ Donadio, Beppe (14 September 2022). "'The Walk', Robert Walser passeggia per le vie di Roma". laRegione Ticino (in Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- New Directions
- Suhrkamp
- Project Gutenberg (German)