The Tanners (novel)

The Tanners
AuthorRobert Walser
Original titleGeschwister Tanner
TranslatorSusan Bernofsky
LanguageGerman
PublisherVerlag Bruno Cassirer
Publication date
1907
Publication placeGermany
Published in English
2009
Pages319

The Tanners (German: Geschwister Tanner, lit. 'Tanner Siblings') is a 1907 novel by the Swiss writer Robert Walser. It follows the 20-year-old Simon Tanner and his family, as he struggles with dissatisfaction over a secure and orderly life and the high costs of rejecting basic human needs. It was Walser's first full-length novel.[1][2]

When the book was published in English in 2009, Trinie Dalton wrote in Bookforum that it "is really about the tension between what we think and what we do, particularly when that tension produces disappointment".[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Weber, Ulrich (2018). "Geschwister Tanner (1907)". In Gisi, Lucas Marco (ed.). Robert Walser-Handbuch. Leben – Werk – Wirkung (in German). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. pp. 96–105. ISBN 978-3-476-04594-2.
  2. ^ a b Dalton, Trinie (17 December 2009). "The Tanners by Robert Walser". Bookforum. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.