by Robert Walser · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499896939
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The Assistant is a novel by Swiss author Robert Walser, published in 1908. The story focuses on Joseph, a young man who becomes the assistant to engineer Tobler. Through Joseph's eyes, Walser explores themes such as submission, decay, and irony in everyday life. The novel narrates Walser's autobiographical experience, who worked for six months in the house of engineer Dubler. With a precious and naive prose, Walser offers a reflection on labor relations and the society of his time.
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.
