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OverviewThe novel tells the story of a middle-class UNESCO engineer called Walter Faber, who believes in rational, calculated world. Strange events undermine his security - an emergency landing in a Mexican desert against all odds, his friend Joachim hangs himself in the Mexican jungle, and he falls in love with a woman who dies of a concussion, he has an incestuous affair. Finally Faber becomes ill with stomach cancer, but it is too late for him to change his life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Max FrischPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Classics Volume: Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.180kg ISBN: 9780141188669ISBN 10: 0141188669 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 02 November 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMax Frisch (1911-1991) Swiss novelist, playwright, diarist, and essayist, who began his career as an architect before achieving fame with the play When the War Was Over in 1949. His most famous novels are Stiller (1954) and Homo Faber (1957). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |