by Max Frisch · Suhrkamp Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518188033
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«Homo faber: Ein Bericht» is the novel by Swiss writer Max Frisch, published by Suhrkamp in paperback (301 pages, in German).
Walter Faber is an engineer who trusts completely in reason, calculation and technology. A series of chance encounters and an unexpected love affair confront him with the unforeseen and shake his worldview. The novel addresses alienation, identity, destiny and the conflict between logic and emotion.
This edition is part of the Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek (No. 3), with commentary by Walter Schmitz. The novel was originally published in 1957.
Common reading in schools and German courses, and also for those interested in twentieth-century Swiss literature and the work of Max Frisch.
Max Rudolf Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity, individuality, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of irony is a significant feature of his post-war output. Frisch was one of the founders of Gruppe Olten. He was awarded the 1965 Jerusalem Prize, the 1973 Grand Schiller Prize, and the 1986 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
