{"product_id":"a-schoolboys-diary-and-other-stories-9781590176726","title":"A Schoolboy's Diary: And Other Stories","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Schoolboy's Diary\u003c\/i\u003e brings together more than seventy of Robert Walser's strange and wonderful stories, most never before available in English. Opening with a sequence from Walser's first book, \"Fritz Kocher's Essays,\" the complete classroom assignments of a fictional boy who has met a tragically early death, this selection ranges from sketches of uncomprehending editors, overly passionate readers, and dreamy artists to tales of devilish adultery, sexual encounters on a train, and Walser's service in World War I. Throughout, Walser's careening, confounding, delicious voice holds the reader transfixed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Walser\u003c\/b\u003e (1878-1956) was born into a German speaking family in Biel, Switzerland. He left school at fourteen and led a wandering, precarious existence while writing his poems, novels, and vast numbers of the \"prose pieces\" that became his hallmark. In 1933 he was confined to a sanatorium, which marked the end of his writing career. Among Walser's works available in English are \u003ci\u003eBerlin Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJakob von Gunten\u003c\/i\u003e (both available as NYRB classics), \u003ci\u003eThirty Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Walk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tanners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMicroscripts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Assistant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Robber\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMasquerade and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpeaking to the Rose: Writings, 1912-1932\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamion Searls\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator from German, French, Norwegian, and Dutch and a writer in English. His own books include \u003ci\u003eWhat We Were Doing and Where We Were Going\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Inkblots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Translation\u003c\/i\u003e. He received the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize in 2019 for Uwe Johnson's \u003ci\u003eAnniversaries\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Lerner\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three books of poetry and three novels, mostly recently \u003ci\u003eThe Topeka School\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2020.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492946841874,"sku":"9781590176726","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ff94522c-74c4-4cb6-b3df-99aedd8e2f11.jpg?v=1730616845","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-schoolboys-diary-and-other-stories-9781590176726","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}