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Man in the Holocene

Man in the Holocene

Frisch, Max
Skelton, Geoffrey

Paperback

Series: Swiss Literature

General Fiction

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 1564784665
ISBN13: 9781564784667
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: Aug 1 2007
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs a powerful vision of our place in the world by combining the banality of an aging man's lonely inner life and the objective facts he finds in the books of his isolated home.

As a rainstorm rages outside, Max Frisch's protagonist, Geiser, watches the mountain landscape crumble beneath landslides and flooding, and speculates that the town will be wiped out by the collapse of a section of the mountain. Seeking refuge from the storm in town, he makes his way through a difficult and dangerous mountain pass, only to abandon his original plan and return home.

A compelling meditation by one of Frisch's most original characters, Man in the Holocene charts Geiser's desperate attempt to find his place in history and in the confusing and fragile world outside his window.

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