Folio: Homo Faber (Series #A37418) (Paperback)

from TadAD

I read this in my twenties, it depressed the heck out of me, but I didn't want to stop reading. I suspect that, were I to read it now (many years later), Walter's mid-life crisis would hit home even more strongly...and probably depress me even more. :-) A previous reviewer made mention of a roman...

from HadriantheBlind

A novel of slowing down and being left behind by the world and technology, and the imprisonment that that world might bring.

from jcbrunner

The main problem I have with Max Frisch's Homo Faber is its implausible Oedipus-like meeting of people. You truly need to suspend your belief. I see a similarity to Voltaire's Candide where the didactic need to show the reader certain events drives the story. Mr. Faber also learns that he doesn't...

from Praj05

“Nothing is harder than to accept oneself." - Max Frisch. Walter Faber is a paradigm of collective identity v/s self-identity, rationality v/s irrationality and providence v/s concurrence; counter positioning free will. You cannot find yourself anywhere except in yourself. Frisch portrays the co...

from BrianFannin

Third German book of the year, but probably the only one that qualifies as a legitimate adult-type novel. At times confusing for a non-native speaker. The coincidences and revelations may seem like stuff that I didn't properly understand, but a second look and, "Yeah, this really is what happened...