by Max Frisch · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429737141
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«Homo Faber» is the novel by Max Frisch published by Edicions 62 in paperback (192 pages, in Catalan).
Walter Faber, an engineer who has built his life around technology and an objective view of the world, sees his certainties waver when a chain of coincidences confronts him with his past. Max Frisch examines destiny, nature and contemporary rationality with sober, precise prose.
This edition belongs to the MOLU s.XX - Les Millors Obres de la Literatura Universal Segle XX collection, number 85, with a translation by Judith Vilar Roca.
For readers interested in twentieth-century classics and European fiction; it is a common reading in schools.
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.
