Sketchbook 1966-1971

by Max Frisch

Book Overview

A work of exceptional range, by the noted author of "I'm Not Stiller," this "sketchbook" combines a fascinating variety of material, part fictional, part autobiographical, part Socratic. It constitutes a new art form, immensely stimulating through its shifts of prism, including:

A series of startling questions that probe attitudes toward marriage, women, friendship, property, death, and so on (Are you afraid of the poor? Why not?)

Interrogations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156827476
• ISBN13: 9780156827478
• Release Date: March 1983
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The background of a versatile brain worker

This is the second "sketchbook" (after 1946-49) that Frisch published. The author is clearly influenced by the time: long-haired students sometimes pay a visit to him, the war in Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement (with Martin Luther King's death) are themes that appear very frequently, especially due to the fact that Frisch made two trips to the USA at that time.The sketchbook is essentially made out of the following parts: 1. newspaper cutouts or TV / radio talks, sometimes commented by the author 2. sketches for short stories 3. his impressions mainly from several voyages (to the USA, the USSR and Japan), but also from his home country, Switzerland, all including political reflections 4. questionnaires (about death, women, children, property...) that are very useful if you want to think a bit about yourself.Frisch's sketchbooks are a must-have if you want to analyse his work as a novelist and playwriter, but they are also a good purchase just to make yourself think a bit.