Fairy Tales

Dramolettes

By: Robert Walser, Daniele Pantano (Translator), James Reidel (Translator), Reto Sorg (Preface by)

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Paperback | 5 May 2015 | Edition Number 1

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128 Pages

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Fairy Tales gathers the unconventional verse dramolettes of the Swiss writer Robert Walser. Narrated in Walser's inimitable, playful language, these theatrical pieces overturn traditional notions of the fairy tale, transforming the Brothers Grimm into metatheater, even metareflections.

Snow White forgives the evil queen for trying to kill her, Cinderella doubts her prince and enjoys being hated by her evil stepsisters; the Fairy Tale itself is a character who encourages her to stay within the confines of the story. Sleeping Beauty, the royal family, and its retainers are not happy about being woken from their sleep by an absurd, unpretentious, Walser-like hero. Mary and Joseph are taken aback by what lies in store for their baby Jesus.

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"One of the most profound creations and one that is enough on its own to explain why the most powerful of all writers was a favorite author of the merciless Franz Kafka." -- Walter Benjamin "A Paul Klee in prose-as delicate, as shy, as haunted. A cross between Stevie Smith and Beckett." -- Susan Sontag "If he had a hundred thousand readers, the world would be a better place." -- Hermann Hesse

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