Robert Walser, Selected Stories

John Self reviews a recent collection of stories from the New York Review of Books (NYRB)

Robert Walser

From the excellent literary blog, Asylum: 'Walser’s Selected Stories must be a high point. Ditto by their exalted design standards: look at that cover, the delicate green and purple like colorizing effects on a black-and-white film. And the composition, or cropping, of the photograph itself: the subject – the author – to one side, as though standing proudly (or tentatively?) by his title; or, not quite in the middle of the road; or, just about to go for a walk.' You'll have to click for more. [Read More]

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