by Robert Walser · Siruela · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478445387
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
The Assistant is a novel by Swiss writer Robert Walser, originally published in 1908. The story follows Joseph, a young man who becomes the assistant of the engineer Tobler, an eccentric and somewhat chaotic inventor. Through Joseph's eyes, Walser explores themes such as job insecurity, class struggle, and the search for meaning in a modern and dehumanized world. With subtle prose and biting irony, Walser portrays the daily life of marginal characters and the complexity of human relationships.
Robert Walser was a German language Swiss writer. He additionally worked as a copyist, an inventor's assistant, a butler, and in various other low-paying trades. Despite marginal early success in his literary career, the popularity of his work gradually diminished over the second and third decades of the 20th century, making it increasingly difficult for him to support himself through writing. He eventually had a nervous breakdown and spent the remainder of his life in sanatoria.
