Microscripts by Robert Walser (Paperback, 2012)

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Robert Walser wrote many of his manuscripts in a highly enigmatic, shrunken-down form. These narrow strips of paper, covered with tiny ant-like pencil markings a millimeter high, came to light only after the author's death in 1956.At first considered random restless pencil markings or a secret code, the microscripts were in time discovered to be a radically miniaturized form of antique German script: a whole story was deciphered on the back of a business card. These twenty-five short pieces address schnapps, rotten husbands, small town life, elegant jaunts, the radio, swine, jealousy, and marriage proposals.

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Robert Walser wrote many of his manuscripts in a highly enigmatic, shrunken-down form. These narrow strips of paper, covered with tiny ant-like pencil markings a millimeter high, came to light only after the author's death in 1956.At first considered random restless pencil markings or a secret code, the microscripts were in time discovered to be a radically miniaturized form of antique German script: a whole story was deciphered on the back of a business card. These twenty-five short pieces address schnapps, rotten husbands, small town life, elegant jaunts, the radio, swine, jealousy, and marriage proposals.

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PublisherNew Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-139780811220330
eBay Product ID (ePID)129241576

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Book TitleMicroscripts
IllustratorMaira Kalman
AuthorRobert Walser
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicShort Stories, Books
Publication Year2012
Number of Pages160 Pages

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Item Height224mm
Item Width163mm
Item Weight375g

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Title_AuthorRobert Walser
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

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