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The Assignment: Or, on the Observing of the Observer of the Observed by Friedrich Durrenmatt (Paperback, 2008)
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- DescriptionIn Friedrich Durrenmatt's experimental thriller The Assignment , the wife of a psychiatrist has been raped and killed near a desert ruin in North Africa. Her husband hires a woman named F. to reconstruct the unsolved crime in a documentary film. F. is soon thrust into a paraid world of international espionage where everyone is watched - including the watchers. After discovering a recent photograph of the supposed murder victim happily reunited with her husband, F. becomes trapped in an apocalyptic landscape riddled with political intrigue, crimes of mistaken identity, and terrorism.F.'s labyrinthine quest for the truth is Durrenmatt's fictionalized warning against the dangers of a techlogically advanced society that turns everyday life into one of constant scrutiny. Joel Agee's elegant translation will introduce a generation of English-speaking readers to a master of language, suspense, and dystopia.
- Author BiographyFriedrich Durrenmatt (1921-90) is the author of several books published by the University of Chicago Press, including The Pledge. Joel Agee has translated numerous German authors into English, including Heinrich von Kleist, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Elias Canetti. In 2005 he received the Modern Language Association's Lois Roth Award for his translation of Hans Erich Nossack's The End: Hamburg 1943.
Key Features
- Author(s)Friedrich Durrenmatt
- PublisherThe University of Chicago Press
- Date of Publication07/11/2008
- LanguageEnglish
- FormatPaperback
- ISBN-100226174468
- ISBN-139780226174464
- SubjectCrime, Thriller & Adventure
Publication Data
- Place of PublicationChicago, IL
- Country of PublicationUnited States
- ImprintUniversity of Chicago Press
- Content Noteblack & white illustrations
Dimensions
- Weight188 g
- Width136 mm
- Height215 mm
- Spine13 mm
Credits
- Translated byJoel Agee
- Foreword byTheodore Ziolkowski
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